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KW78 ·

William M Tuck Airport

36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KW78 081255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3031 RMK AO1 T01790161

Runway intelligence

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

01
34% of ops
55 land · 58 TO
19
33% of ops
54 land · 17 TO
05
26% of ops
42 land · 6 TO
23
7% of ops
11 land · 21 TO
Runway 01 carries 34% of operations (55 landings, 58 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

01 55 landings
UA 7%
19 54 landings
UA 7%
05 42 landings
UA 19%
23 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 01 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 55 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
6.1
flights/day · 183 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 11pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–11pm local, averaging 6.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.6 vs 7.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 158 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

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