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KW78 ·

William M Tuck Airport

36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
3
0.0%
DEP / DAY
3
41.2%

William M Tuck Airport (KW78) is a small general aviation airport located in South Boston, VA, 49 mi north of Durham. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,011 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
3 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KW78 251815Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 29/09 A3008 RMK AO1 T02890094

Runway intelligence

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

01
47% of ops
47 land · 39 TO
19
25% of ops
25 land · 19 TO
05
23% of ops
23 land · 3 TO
23
5% of ops
5 land · 11 TO
Runway 01 carries 47% of operations (47 landings, 39 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

01 47 landings
UA 9%
19 25 landings
UA 0%
05 23 landings
UA 30%
23 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 01 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 47 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
5.5
flights/day · 165 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 5.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (3.9 vs 6.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 144 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.425
SOUTH BO 124.050
OTHER 124.050
SOUTH BO 352.000
OTHER 352.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL

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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