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Siler City Municipal Airport

35.70430°N
-79.50420°W
ARR / DAY
2
17.6%
DEP / DAY
3
20.0%

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)

40m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
6 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KGSO 281954Z 36006KT 10SM TS SCT050CB BKN140 OVC250 28/19 A3002 RMK AO2 TSB43 SLP154 OCNL LTGIC SW TS SW MOV SE TCU E-SW T02830194

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
31 land · 33 TO
22
47% of ops
27 land · 22 TO
Runway 04 carries 53% of operations (31 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 31 landings
UA 13%
22 27 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 04 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 31 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
4.3
flights/day · 130 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (4.1 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 122 flights). Top three types: , , .
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