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South Valley Regional Airport

40.61950°N
-111.99300°W
ARR / DAY
43
33.2%
DEP / DAY
50
33.1%

South Valley Regional Airport (KU42) is a small general aviation airport located in Salt Lake City, UT. It features 1 runway measuring 5,862 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 43 arrivals and 50 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KU14, 61 mi away (KU42 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
57°F
Wind
8 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KU14 312355Z AUTO 18008KT 6SM -RA BR OVC026 14/13 A3025 RMK AO2 P0003 10283 20141

Runways

1 installed

5,862 FT MAX
16/34
5,862 ft × 100
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

16
71% of ops
2,325 land · 2,728 TO
34
29% of ops
952 land · 873 TO
Runway 16 carries 71% of operations (2,325 landings, 2,728 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

16 2,325 landings
UA 5%
34 952 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 16 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (111 UA events from 2,325 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
107.9
flights/day · 3,236 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 107.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (87.6 vs 120.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 2,814 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 3 PM · 1 movement every 200 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
camroe
03/09/2012
South Valley Regional Airport
Leading Edge Aviation is the main FBO here and are very helpful. Flight School is great and they have a RedBird ATD (Advanced Training Device) available, with Traditional or G1000 instrumentation.
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