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K5W5 ·

Triple W Airport

35.62030°N

-78.70030°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Triple W Airport (K5W5) is a small general aviation airport located in Raleigh, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,004 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

59m ago

Temp

85°F

Wind

4 kts

280°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRDU 272051Z 28004KT 10SM FEW035 BKN250 29/21 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP089 T02940206 56025

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

65% of ops

181 land · 107 TO

35% of ops

97 land · 102 TO

Runway 16 carries 65% of operations (181 landings, 107 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

16 181 landings

UA 13%

34 97 landings

UA 32%

Approaches to 16 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 181 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

5.3

flights/day · 160 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 1pm · 12pm

Day vs night

81%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–5pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (6.8 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 156 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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