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Hutson Field

48.40470°N
-97.37090°W
ARR / DAY
2
66.7%
DEP / DAY
1
55.0%

Hutson Field (KGAF) is a small general aviation airport located in Grafton, ND, 103 mi south of Winnipeg. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
9 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGAF 162155Z AUTO 34009KT 10SM FEW055 25/11 A3007 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
51% of ops
167 land · 2 TO
17
22% of ops
71 land · 5 TO
26
19% of ops
62 land · 3 TO
08
8% of ops
27 land · 3 TO
Runway 35 carries 51% of operations (167 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 22%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 167 landings
UA 0%
17 71 landings
UA 0%
26 62 landings
UA 0%
08 27 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 167 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
7.5
flights/day · 225 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 7.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (4.8 vs 8.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (88% of 208 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.100
APCH 318.100
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.625
OTHER 132.150
GRAND FO 132.150
OTHER 269.600
GRAND FO 269.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
6° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 05:18 UTC