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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 23.1%

DEP / DAY

▲ 36.4%

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 5 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KNYG, 13 mi away (VA42 does not publish METAR)

18m ago

Temp

93°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 012256Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 34/22 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T03390222

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

75% of ops

79 land · 16 TO

25% of ops

27 land · 4 TO

Runway 09 carries 75% of operations (79 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

09 79 landings

UA 16%

27 27 landings

UA 37%

Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 79 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

4.6

flights/day · 138 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 1pm · 2pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (5.9 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 123 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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