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Siler City Municipal Airport

35.70430°N
-79.50420°W
ARR / DAY
2
31.6%
DEP / DAY
3
37.9%

Siler City Municipal Airport (K5W8) is a small general aviation airport located in Siler City, NC, 30 mi south east of Greensboro. It features 1 runway measuring 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KGSO, 36 mi away (K5W8 does not publish METAR)

55m ago
Temp
80°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KGSO 271454Z 00000KT 10SM BKN014 BKN024 OVC130 27/22 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP158 T02670222 51006

Runways

1 installed

5,000 FT MAX
04/22
5,000 ft × 75
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

04
53% of ops
32 land · 33 TO
22
47% of ops
28 land · 22 TO
Runway 04 carries 53% of operations (32 landings, 33 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

04 32 landings
UA 12%
22 28 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 04 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 32 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
4.5
flights/day · 134 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 4.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (4.1 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 126 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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