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📍 Cahokia/St Louis⬆ 413 ft3 runways
KCPS · CPS

St Louis Downtown Airport

38.57070°N
-90.15620°W
ARR / DAY
56
55.6%
DEP / DAY
76
49.4%

St Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS/CPS) is a small general aviation airport located in Cahokia/St Louis, IL. It features 3 runways with the longest being 7,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 56 arrivals and 76 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
4 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KCPS 031553Z 15004KT 10SM CLR 25/11 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP254 T02500111 $

Runway intelligence

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

12R
34% of ops
253 land · 16 TO
30R
16% of ops
116 land · 0 TO
05
15% of ops
110 land · 2 TO
30L
13% of ops
99 land · 3 TO
12L
12% of ops
85 land · 2 TO
23
10% of ops
71 land · 2 TO
Runway 12R carries 34% of operations (253 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30R at 16%.

Approach quality

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

12R 253 landings
UA 20%
30R 116 landings
UA 4%
05 110 landings
UA 6%
30L 99 landings
UA 10%
12L 85 landings
UA 12%
23 71 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 12R show a 20% unstable-approach rate (50 UA events from 253 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
43.1
flights/day · 1,292 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 43.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (23.9 vs 52.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 966 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.925
GND 121.800 0630-2200
ATIS 121.450 0630-2200
APCH 123.700
APCH 371.875
UNICOM 122.950
CD/P 118.275 0630-2200
BUUDD ST 119.150
FARMR ST 119.150
LCL/P 119.925 0630-2200
CD/P 121.800
DELMA ST 128.100
DIXEE ST 128.100
DELMA ST 307.050
DIXEE ST 307.050
BUUDD ST 335.500
FARMR ST 335.500
LCL/P 379.300 0630-2200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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