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VA42 ·

Dogwood Airpark

38.35897°N

-77.45274°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

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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 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

26m ago

Temp

82°F

Wind

13 kts

190°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KNYG 100056Z AUTO 19013KT 10SM CLR 28/19 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02780194 $

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

76% of ops

140 land · 33 TO

24% of ops

45 land · 8 TO

Runway 09 carries 76% of operations (140 landings, 33 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

09 140 landings

UA 16%

27 45 landings

UA 29%

Approaches to 09 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 140 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

5.3

flights/day · 158 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 2pm · 4pm

Day vs night

76%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (6.1 vs 5.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 141 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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