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Summerdale Naval Outlying Field

30.50770°N
-87.64550°W
ARR / DAY
8
31.6%
DEP / DAY
0
25.0%

Summerdale Naval Outlying Field (KNFD) is a small general aviation airport located in Summerdale, AL, 27 mi south east of Mobile. It features 3 runways with the longest being 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KNPA, 22 mi away (KNFD does not publish METAR)

49m ago
Temp
85°F
Wind
5 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNPA 302156Z 15005KT 10SM FEW020 FEW100 SCT150 BKN250 30/25 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP161 T2 SET T02940244 PNO $

Runway intelligence

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

11
34% of ops
109 land · 0 TO
16
16% of ops
52 land · 1 TO
05
14% of ops
43 land · 1 TO
29
10% of ops
31 land · 2 TO
34
9% of ops
28 land · 0 TO
10
8% of ops
24 land · 0 TO
Runway 11 carries 34% of operations (109 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

11 109 landings
UA 12%
16 52 landings
UA 2%
05 43 landings
UA 21%
29 31 landings
UA 19%
34 28 landings
UA 0%
10 24 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 11 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 109 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
10.3
flights/day · 309 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 10.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (8.8 vs 11.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 251 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 126.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
1° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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