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Albertus Airport

42.24620°N
-89.58200°W
ARR / DAY
3
111.1%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

Albertus Airport (KFEP/FEP) is a small general aviation airport located in Freeport, IL, 25 mi west of Rockford. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,504 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFEP 230035Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3002 RMK AO2 T02210130

Runway intelligence

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

24
48% of ops
47 land · 4 TO
31
20% of ops
20 land · 3 TO
13
17% of ops
17 land · 7 TO
18
8% of ops
8 land · 1 TO
36
3% of ops
3 land · 3 TO
06
3% of ops
3 land · 9 TO
Runway 24 carries 48% of operations (47 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

24 47 landings
UA 0%
31 20 landings
UA 0%
13 17 landings
UA 6%
18 8 landings
UA 0%
36 3 landings
UA 0%
06 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 47 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
4.7
flights/day · 141 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 4.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.9 vs 5.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 116 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.000
APCH 327.000
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 120.525
OTHER 121.850
CD/P 121.850
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
859 ft
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
airbound
08/19/2011
KFEP - Freeport/Albertus - Second Time.
Always like going into Freeport to meet up with the parents. Nice long strip, however it was short field landings today to maintain proficiency.
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