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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

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Runways

1 installed

2,996 FT MAX

18/36

2,996 ft × 30

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Runway intelligence

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

81% of ops

29 land · 0 TO

19% of ops

7 land · 5 TO

Runway 36 carries 81% of operations (29 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

36 29 landings

UA 0%

18 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 29 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

1.1

flights/day · 33 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 8pm · 1pm

Day vs night

70%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.2 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

10 · 33%

2 · 7%

Activity is led by (33% of 30 flights). Top three types: , , .

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