Sparta Community Hunter Field satellite view

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KSAR · SAR

Sparta Community Hunter Field

38.14890°N

-89.69870°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 10.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 10.0%

Sparta Community Hunter Field (KSAR/SAR) is a small general aviation airport located in Sparta, IL, 43 mi south east of St. Louis. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KCPS, 38 mi away (KSAR does not publish METAR)

51m ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

4 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KCPS 200353Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM CLR 23/23 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02330228 $

Runways

2 installed

4,001 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

53% of ops

117 land · 67 TO

26% of ops

58 land · 88 TO

15% of ops

33 land · 5 TO

5% of ops

12 land · 4 TO

Runway 18 carries 53% of operations (117 landings, 67 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

18 117 landings

UA 6%

36 58 landings

UA 7%

09 33 landings

UA 21%

27 12 landings

UA 8%

Approaches to 18 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 117 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

9.9

flights/day · 296 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 2pm · 4pm

Day vs night

68%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 9.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (7.1 vs 11.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 239 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.075	—
APCH	125.200	—
APCH	281.500	—
UNICOM	123.075	—
AWOS	118.375	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZKC
Mag var:: 1° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

N9351X

12/24/2022

Great airport! Great people!

I’ve been based here for years. Scott, the airport manager, and his crew do a fantastic job. There are 2 full time a&p’s on site. Flight training , fuel, or service on your plane - they can take care of it.

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