Auburn University Regional Airport satellite view

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KAUO · AUO

Auburn University Regional Airport

32.61510°N

-85.43400°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 97.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 97.7%

Auburn University Regional Airport (KAUO/AUO) is a small general aviation airport located in Auburn, AL, 28 mi west of Columbus. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,264 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 KLSF, 32 mi away (KAUO does not publish METAR)

1h ago

Temp

89°F

Wind

3 kts

270°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KLSF 262255Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 32/25 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03190254 $

Runways

2 installed

5,264 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

60% of ops

3,890 land · 3,562 TO

38% of ops

2,454 land · 2,959 TO

1% of ops

60 land · 97 TO

1% of ops

57 land · 54 TO

Runway 18 carries 60% of operations (3,890 landings, 3,562 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

18 3,890 landings

UA 3%

36 2,454 landings

UA 4%

11 60 landings

UA 5%

29 57 landings

UA 19%

Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (101 UA events from 3,890 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

120.1

flights/day · 3,604 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 6pm

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 120.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (60.1 vs 148.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (65% of 3,029 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.875	—
TWR	123.875	0700-2100 MON-FRI; 0800-1700 SAT & SUN
GND	121.625	0700-2100 MON-FRI; 0800-1700 SAT & SUN
APCH	125.500	—
APCH	126.550	—
APCH	323.100	—
APCH	353.750	—
UNICOM	123.000	—
AWOS	132.575	—
OTHER	118.700	—
CD/P	118.700	—
OTHER	120.450	—
COLUMBUS	120.450	—
OTHER	121.625	0700-2100 MON-FRI; 0800-1700 SAT & SUN
CD/P	121.625	0700-2100 MON-FRI; 0800-1700 SAT & SUN
LCL/P	123.875	0700-2100 MON-FRI; 0800-1700 SAT & SUN
OTHER	298.850	—
COLUMBUS	298.850	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Mag var:: 4° W
Fuel:: 100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 300 s

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