Airports / K5W8 / Siler City Municipal AirportGood ground coverage

Siler City Municipal Airport satellite view

📍 Siler City⬆ 614 ft1 runways

K5W8 ·

Siler City Municipal Airport

35.70430°N

-79.50420°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 44.4%

DEP / DAY

▲ 7.1%

Siler City Municipal Airport (K5W8) is a small general aviation airport located in Siler City, NC, 30 mi south east of Greensboro. It features 1 runway measuring 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGSO, 36 mi away (K5W8 does not publish METAR)

42m ago

Temp

32°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGSO 161930Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/16 A3034 RMK T02900160 MADISHF

Runways

1 installed

5,001 FT MAX

04/22

5,001 ft × 75

ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

58% of ops

52 land · 39 TO

42% of ops

38 land · 45 TO

Runway 22 carries 58% of operations (52 landings, 39 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

22 52 landings

UA 15%

04 38 landings

UA 8%

Approaches to 22 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 52 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

4.9

flights/day · 147 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 1pm · 5pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.1 vs 5.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 111 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Custom date range