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Madeline Island Airport

46.78870°N
-90.75870°W
ARR / DAY
3
26.7%
DEP / DAY
4
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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m 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

04
86% of ops
83 land · 15 TO
22
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
5.0
flights/day · 149 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
52%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 5.0 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:28 UTC