📍 South Boston⬆ 420 ft2 runways
KW78 ·
William M Tuck Airport
36.71000°N
-78.84800°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼
77.8%
DEP / DAY
1
▼
83.3%
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 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.
Safety incidents
Last 1 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KW63, 18 mi away (KW78 does not publish METAR)
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
19
34% of ops
56 land · 17 TO
01
33% of ops
55 land · 58 TO
05
25% of ops
42 land · 6 TO
23
8% of ops
13 land · 22 TO
Runway 19 carries 34% of operations (56 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 33%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
19
56 landings
UA 5%
01
55 landings
UA 7%
05
42 landings
UA 19%
23
13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 19 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 56 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
6.2
flights/day · 185 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 11pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
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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