Moore County Airport satellite view
📍 Pinehurst/Southern Pines⬆ 455 ft2 runways
KSOP · SOP

Moore County Airport

35.23740°N
-79.39120°W
ARR / DAY
18
3.8%
DEP / DAY
23
10.8%

Moore County Airport (KSOP/SOP) is a small general aviation airport located in Pinehurst/Southern Pines, NC, 32 mi north west of Fayetteville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 18 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
5 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSOP 212356Z AUTO 14005KT 6SM TSRA BR FEW048 OVC065 21/21 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N TSE12B15 SLP183 P0017 60066 T02060206 10272 20200 50015 $

Runway intelligence

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

05
39% of ops
230 land · 299 TO
23
37% of ops
215 land · 140 TO
32
12% of ops
70 land · 13 TO
14
12% of ops
68 land · 11 TO
Runway 05 carries 39% of operations (230 landings, 299 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

05 230 landings
UA 4%
23 215 landings
UA 1%
32 70 landings
UA 11%
14 68 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 05 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 230 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
35.0
flights/day · 1,049 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 35.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (34.5 vs 36.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 727 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
APCH 127.800
APCH 343.725
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 127.575
CD/P 127.000
OTHER 127.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 09:29 UTC