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Triple W Airport

35.62030°N
-78.70030°W
ARR / DAY
3
70.0%
DEP / DAY
5
58.3%

Triple W Airport (K5W5) is a small general aviation airport located in Raleigh, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,004 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KRDU, 18 mi away (K5W5 does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRDU 130651Z 00000KT 10SM OVC250 24/22 A2991 RMK SLP124 T02390217

Runways

1 installed

3,004 FT MAX
16/34
3,004 ft × 40
ASP● LITNSTD

Runway intelligence

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

16
67% of ops
183 land · 129 TO
34
33% of ops
89 land · 151 TO
Runway 16 carries 67% of operations (183 landings, 129 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

16 183 landings
UA 7%
34 89 landings
UA 40%
Approaches to 16 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 183 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
7.2
flights/day · 217 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 7.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (5.4 vs 8.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 207 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
UNICOM 122.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
243 ft
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 07:33 UTC