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KFEP · FEP

Albertus Airport

42.24620°N
-89.58200°W
ARR / DAY
6
110.5%
DEP / DAY
3
144.4%

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 6 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
6 kts
220°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
METAR KFEP 302015Z AUTO 22006KT 5SM SCT060 BKN090 OVC110 22/21 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT E P0002 T02180210

Runway intelligence

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

24
48% of ops
46 land · 4 TO
31
29% of ops
28 land · 2 TO
13
10% of ops
10 land · 6 TO
18
6% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
36
4% of ops
4 land · 2 TO
06
2% of ops
2 land · 8 TO
Runway 24 carries 48% of operations (46 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

24 46 landings
UA 0%
31 28 landings
UA 0%
13 10 landings
UA 0%
18 6 landings
UA 0%
36 4 landings
UA 0%
06 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 46 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)
3pm
also 4pm · 9pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 4.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (3.4 vs 5.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 114 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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