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Triple W Airport

35.62030°N
-78.70030°W
ARR / DAY
6
109.5%
DEP / DAY
6
110.5%

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 6 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KHFF, 60 mi away (K5W5 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
84°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KHFF 312355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 29/24 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02850238 10349 20285 55001 $

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

34
53% of ops
90 land · 103 TO
16
47% of ops
81 land · 62 TO
Runway 34 carries 53% of operations (90 landings, 103 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

34 90 landings
UA 21%
16 81 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 34 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 90 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 · 215 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 7.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.9 vs 8.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 204 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 16:13 UTC