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Elkin Municipal Airport

36.28000°N
-80.78610°W
ARR / DAY
3
4.8%
DEP / DAY
4
16.0%

Elkin Municipal Airport (KZEF) is a small general aviation airport located in Elkin, NC, 33 mi north west of Winston-Salem. It features 1 runway measuring 4,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KINT, 33 mi away (KZEF does not publish METAR)

30m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KINT 250754Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/12 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP176 T01720122

Runways

1 installed

4,001 FT MAX
07/25
4,001 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

07
54% of ops
52 land · 11 TO
25
46% of ops
45 land · 24 TO
Runway 07 carries 54% of operations (52 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

07 52 landings
UA 2%
25 45 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 07 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 52 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
6.5
flights/day · 195 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 6.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (6.4 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 149 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
UNICOM 123.050
HICKORY 125.150
OTHER 125.150
HICKORY 263.000
OTHER 263.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 08:24 UTC