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Madeline Island Airport

46.78870°N
-90.75870°W
ARR / DAY
2
22.7%
DEP / DAY
4
3.8%

Madeline Island Airport (K4R5) is a small general aviation airport located in La Pointe, WI, 131 mi south west of Thunder Bay. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
Ceil
METAR K4R5 030455Z AUTO 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN100 BKN120 14/14 A2993 RMK AO2 VIS 1V5 T01400140

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
04/22
3,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

04
83% of ops
115 land · 23 TO
22
17% of ops
24 land · 72 TO
Runway 04 carries 83% of operations (115 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

04 115 landings
UA 5%
22 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 04 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 115 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
6.2
flights/day · 187 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
46%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–11pm local, averaging 6.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (6.6 vs 6.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 149 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
AWOS 119.375
IRONWOOD 133.550
OTHER 133.550
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 07:55 UTC