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K4R5 ·

Madeline Island Airport

46.78870°N

-90.75870°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago

Temp

75°F

Wind

6 kts

10°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K4R5 141615Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM OVC110 24/16 A3020 RMK AO2 T02350155

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

86% of ops

83 land · 15 TO

14% of ops

13 land · 51 TO

Runway 04 carries 86% of operations (83 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 14%.

Approach quality

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

04 83 landings

UA 4%

22 13 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 04 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 83 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 · 148 total

Busy hour (local)

9pm

also 6pm · 8pm

Day vs night

52%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (5.8 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 113 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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