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📍 La Pointe⬆ 649 ft1 runways
K4R5 ·

Madeline Island Airport

46.78870°N
-90.75870°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
3
9.1%

Madeline Island Airport (K4R5) is a small general aviation airport located in La Pointe, WI, 131 mi south west of Thunder Bay. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K4R5 131435Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM BKN100 OVC120 22/16 A3000 RMK AO2 T02150164

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
04/22
3,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

04
85% of ops
93 land · 16 TO
22
15% of ops
17 land · 61 TO
Runway 04 carries 85% of operations (93 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

04 93 landings
UA 4%
22 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 04 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 93 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
4.9
flights/day · 146 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 9pm · 8pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (5.8 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 109 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
AWOS 119.375
IRONWOOD 133.550
OTHER 133.550
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 14:40 UTC