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Triple W Airport

35.62030°N
-78.70030°W
ARR / DAY
3
37.1%
DEP / DAY
3
37.8%

Triple W Airport (K5W5) is a small general aviation airport located in Raleigh, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,004 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KRDU, 18 mi away (K5W5 does not publish METAR)

32m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
8 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRDU 271751Z 10008KT 10SM SCT032TCU BKN130 BKN250 30/21 A2999 RMK AO2 RAB08E23 SLP148 TCU S-SW P0000 60000 T03000211 10306 20233 58012

Runways

1 installed

3,004 FT MAX
16/34
3,004 ft × 40
ASP● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

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

16
51% of ops
71 land · 51 TO
34
49% of ops
67 land · 93 TO
Runway 16 carries 51% of operations (71 landings, 51 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

16 71 landings
UA 6%
34 67 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 16 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 71 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
7.7
flights/day · 232 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 7.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (7.8 vs 8.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 219 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
UNICOM 122.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
243 ft
Mag var:
7° 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 18:23 UTC