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Madeline Island Airport

46.78870°N
-90.75870°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 0.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
4 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K4R5 271915Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM SCT028 BKN060 OVC110 19/15 A3009 RMK AO2 T01920151

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
80% of ops
40 land · 7 TO
22
20% of ops
10 land · 30 TO
Runway 04 carries 80% of operations (40 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

04 40 landings
UA 0%
22 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 04 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 40 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
3.6
flights/day · 109 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 11pm · 4pm
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (4.1 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 90 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
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