Airports / K7A4 / Foster FieldPoor ground coverage

📍 Apple River⬆ 990 ft1 runways

K7A4 ·

Foster Field

42.46640°N

-90.16940°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Foster Field (K7A4) is a small general aviation airport located in Apple River, IL, 57 mi west of Rockford. It features 1 runway measuring 2,996 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

—

Temp

—

Wind

—

Visib

—

Ceil

—

Runways

1 installed

2,996 FT MAX

18/36

2,996 ft × 30

ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

70% of ops

30 land · 2 TO

30% of ops

13 land · 0 TO

Runway 18 carries 70% of operations (30 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

18 30 landings

UA 0%

36 13 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 30 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

0.6

flights/day · 17 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 8pm · 2pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 0.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (0.5 vs 0.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

2 · 15%

1 · 8%

Activity is led by (15% of 13 flights). Top three types: , , .

Custom date range