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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 10.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 10.0%

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 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)

22m ago

Temp

69°F

Wind

8 kts

340°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 250556Z AUTO 34008KT 6SM HZ BKN060 21/11 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02060111 10256 20200 50000 $

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

70 land · 15 TO

31% of ops

32 land · 5 TO

Runway 09 carries 69% of operations (70 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 70 landings

UA 17%

27 32 landings

UA 34%

Approaches to 09 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 70 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

4.3

flights/day · 129 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 5pm

Day vs night

74%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (5.9 vs 3.9 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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