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Albertus Airport

42.24620°N
-89.58200°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 31.8%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 28.6%

Albertus Airport (KFEP/FEP) is a small general aviation airport located in Freeport, IL, 25 mi west of Rockford. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,504 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
4 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFEP 172335Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A3004 RMK AO2 T02610169

Runways

3 installed

5,504 FT MAX
06/24
5,504 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
13/31
2,285 ft × 150
GRS○ unlit
18/36
2,496 ft × 150
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

24
48% of ops
88 land · 7 TO
31
20% of ops
36 land · 5 TO
13
15% of ops
27 land · 18 TO
18
10% of ops
19 land · 3 TO
36
4% of ops
8 land · 10 TO
06
3% of ops
6 land · 14 TO
Runway 24 carries 48% of operations (88 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

24 88 landings
UA 0%
31 36 landings
UA 0%
13 27 landings
UA 7%
18 19 landings
UA 0%
36 8 landings
UA 0%
06 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 88 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 · 160 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–10pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.2 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

39 · 30%
12 · 9%
11 · 9%
10 · 8%
7 · 5%
6 · 5%
Activity is led by (30% of 129 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 126.000 —
APCH 327.000 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 120.525 —
OTHER 121.850 —
CD/P 121.850 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
859 ft
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
airbound
8/19/2011
KFEP - Freeport/Albertus - Second Time.
Always like going into Freeport to meet up with the parents. Nice long strip, however it was short field landings today to maintain proficiency.
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