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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 28.6%

DEP / DAY

▼ 16.7%

Dogwood Airpark (VA42) is a small general aviation airport located in Fredericksburg, VA, 38 mi south west of Alexandria. It features 1 runway measuring 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KIAD, 40 mi away (VA42 does not publish METAR)

34m ago

Temp

32°F

Wind

5 kts

180°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KIAD 270630Z AUTO 18005KT 10SM SCT065 22/19 A3000 RMK T02200190 VRB05KT MADISHF

Runways

1 installed

4,100 FT MAX

09/27

4,100 ft × 50

ASP● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

69% of ops

69 land · 15 TO

31% of ops

31 land · 5 TO

Runway 09 carries 69% of operations (69 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

09 69 landings

UA 16%

27 31 landings

UA 39%

Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 69 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

4.2

flights/day · 126 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 3pm · 4pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (4.5 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 111 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.725	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDC
Mag var:: 9° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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