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Foley Municipal Airport

30.42770°N
-87.70080°W
ARR / DAY
5
20.0%
DEP / DAY
9
17.7%

Foley Municipal Airport (K5R4) is a small general aviation airport located in Foley, AL, 28 mi south east of Mobile. It features 1 runway measuring 3,700 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KNPA, 23 mi away (K5R4 does not publish METAR)

46m ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
7 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KNPA 281856Z 05007KT 10SM SCT025 SCT050 BKN140 BKN250 31/23 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T2 SET T03110233 PNO $

Runways

1 installed

3,700 FT MAX
18/36
3,700 ft × 74
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

18
76% of ops
134 land · 32 TO
36
24% of ops
42 land · 181 TO
Runway 18 carries 76% of operations (134 landings, 32 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

18 134 landings
UA 5%
36 42 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 18 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 134 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
14.8
flights/day · 443 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 14.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (12.5 vs 16.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (59% of 378 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
APCH 118.600
APCH 380.600
UNICOM 123.050
CLASS C 118.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
2° W
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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:42 UTC