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Siler City Municipal Airport

35.70430°N
-79.50420°W
ARR / DAY
1
18.2%
DEP / DAY
2
45.0%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KTTA, 24 mi away (K5W8 does not publish METAR)

30m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
3 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KTTA 011615Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 32/22 A3009 RMK AO2 T03170222

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 · 30 TO
22
47% of ops
27 land · 23 TO
Runway 04 carries 53% of operations (31 landings, 30 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 · 128 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (4.5 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 117 flights). Top three types: , , .
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