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KZEF ·

Elkin Municipal Airport

36.28000°N

-80.78610°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

41m ago

Temp

32°F

Wind

3 kts

50°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KINT 070450Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM FEW060 OVC110 22/19 A3005 RMK T02200190 MADISHF

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

55% of ops

91 land · 24 TO

45% of ops

74 land · 39 TO

Runway 07 carries 55% of operations (91 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

07 91 landings

UA 3%

25 74 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 07 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 91 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

7.6

flights/day · 227 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 2pm · 4pm

Day vs night

74%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 7.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (8.2 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 174 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

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