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Siler City Municipal Airport

35.70430°N
-79.50420°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

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 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

49m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
5 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KGSO 070954Z 06005KT 10SM BKN060 BKN100 21/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02060183 $

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
52% of ops
64 land · 59 TO
22
48% of ops
59 land · 50 TO
Runway 04 carries 52% of operations (64 landings, 59 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

04 64 landings
UA 14%
22 59 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 04 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 64 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
5.6
flights/day · 168 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (4.8 vs 6.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 136 flights). Top three types: , , .
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