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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

10m ago

Temp

76°F

Wind

4 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 130256Z AUTO 13004KT 8SM CLR 24/23 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP160 60000 T02440228 58001 $

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

77% of ops

133 land · 28 TO

23% of ops

40 land · 6 TO

Runway 09 carries 77% of operations (133 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

09 133 landings

UA 14%

27 40 landings

UA 28%

Approaches to 09 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 133 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

5.1

flights/day · 152 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 4pm · 1pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 5.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (6.1 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 135 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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