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Bay Minette Municipal Airport

30.87040°N
-87.81930°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Bay Minette Municipal Airport (K1R8) is a small general aviation airport located in Bay Minette, AL, 18 mi north east of Mobile. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet.

Current weather

From KBFM, 22 mi away (K1R8 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
10 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFM 272053Z 15010KT 10SM SCT055 34/26 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T03390256 58023

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
08/26
5,500 ft × 79
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

08
62% of ops
187 land · 50 TO
26
38% of ops
115 land · 135 TO
Runway 08 carries 62% of operations (187 landings, 50 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

08 187 landings
UA 4%
26 115 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 08 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 187 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
9.6
flights/day · 289 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 9.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (4.6 vs 12.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 280 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.500
APCH 269.300
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 121.125
MOBILE R 127.650
OTHER 127.650
MOBILE R 285.475
OTHER 285.475
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
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 21:55 UTC