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

Moore County Airport

35.23740°N
-79.39120°W
ARR / DAY
17
22.9%
DEP / DAY
21
27.1%

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 17 arrivals and 21 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago
Temp
97°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSOP 021856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 36/22 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T03610217 PNO $

Runway intelligence

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

05
39% of ops
258 land · 401 TO
23
36% of ops
243 land · 108 TO
14
17% of ops
111 land · 7 TO
32
8% of ops
55 land · 9 TO
Runway 05 carries 39% of operations (258 landings, 401 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

05 258 landings
UA 2%
23 243 landings
UA 3%
14 111 landings
UA 11%
32 55 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 258 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
37.4
flights/day · 1,121 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 37.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (40.2 vs 38.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 743 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 19:40 UTC