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Bay Minette Municipal Airport

30.87040°N
-87.81930°W
ARR / DAY
2
100.0%
DEP / DAY
3
200.0%

Bay Minette Municipal Airport (K1R8) is a small general aviation airport located in Bay Minette, AL, 18 mi north east of Mobile. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K1R8 052055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC041 27/ A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND SW

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
08/26
5,500 ft × 79
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

08
80% of ops
167 land · 20 TO
26
20% of ops
42 land · 61 TO
Runway 08 carries 80% of operations (167 landings, 20 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

08 167 landings
UA 0%
26 42 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 167 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
12.4
flights/day · 371 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 12.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (7.6 vs 14.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 332 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.500
APCH 269.300
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 121.125
MOBILE R 127.650
OTHER 127.650
MOBILE R 285.475
OTHER 285.475
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 12:35 UTC