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Albertus Airport

42.24620°N
-89.58200°W
ARR / DAY
7
▲ 142.9%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 133.3%

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 7 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
5 kts
130°
Visib
3219 m
Ceil
—
METAR KFEP 170355Z AUTO 13005KT 2SM CLR 24/22 A3008 RMK AO2 T02400217

Runways

3 installed

5,504 FT MAX
06/24
5,504 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
13/31
2,285 ft × 150
GRS○ unlit
18/36
2,404 ft × 150
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

24
43% of ops
188 land · 21 TO
31
26% of ops
113 land · 21 TO
06
11% of ops
50 land · 35 TO
13
10% of ops
44 land · 21 TO
18
7% of ops
31 land · 16 TO
36
3% of ops
11 land · 21 TO
Runway 24 carries 43% of operations (188 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

24 188 landings
UA 0%
31 113 landings
UA 0%
06 50 landings
UA 10%
13 44 landings
UA 0%
18 31 landings
UA 13%
36 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 188 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
6.4
flights/day · 192 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.8 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

48 · 33%
13 · 9%
12 · 8%
8 · 6%
7 · 5%
6 · 4%
Activity is led by (33% of 144 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

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

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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