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Summerdale Naval Outlying Field

30.50770°N
-87.64550°W
ARR / DAY
9
5.8%
DEP / DAY
1
22.2%

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 2,850 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

28m ago
Temp
76°F
Wind
3 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNPA 200356Z AUTO 26003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02440233 $

Runway intelligence

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

11
26% of ops
84 land · 0 TO
16
17% of ops
54 land · 0 TO
10
16% of ops
53 land · 0 TO
05
10% of ops
34 land · 1 TO
04
10% of ops
31 land · 1 TO
34
8% of ops
25 land · 0 TO
Runway 11 carries 26% of operations (84 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

11 84 landings
UA 12%
16 54 landings
UA 4%
10 53 landings
UA 17%
05 34 landings
UA 21%
04 31 landings
UA 16%
34 25 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 11 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 84 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 · 308 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 10.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (7.8 vs 11.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 248 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 04:24 UTC