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Foster Field

42.46640°N
-90.16940°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KDBQ, 28 mi away (K7A4 does not publish METAR)

34m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
100°
Visib
2414 m
Ceil
KDBQ 151653Z 10004KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC003 22/22 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02220217 $

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

36
97% of ops
70 land · 2 TO
18
3% of ops
2 land · 3 TO
Runway 36 carries 97% of operations (70 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 3%.

Approach quality

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

36 70 landings
UA 0%
18 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 70 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
1.6
flights/day · 49 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 11am
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 11am–1pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.5 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 46 flights). Top three types: , , .
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