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Triple W Airport

35.62030°N
-78.70030°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

34m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRDU 072251Z 10007KT 10SM FEW060 SCT250 28/13 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP199 T02780133 $

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

34
57% of ops
124 land · 160 TO
16
43% of ops
95 land · 66 TO
Runway 34 carries 57% of operations (124 landings, 160 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

34 124 landings
UA 16%
16 95 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 34 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 124 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
7.5
flights/day · 224 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 7.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (7.1 vs 8.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 209 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 23:25 UTC