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📍 Pell City⬆ 485 ft1 runways
KPLR · PLR

St Clair County Airport

33.55880°N
-86.24910°W
ARR / DAY
6
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
9
▼ 11.1%

St Clair County Airport (KPLR/PLR) is a small general aviation airport located in Pell City, AL, 32 mi east of Birmingham. It features 1 runway measuring 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
8 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPLR 170135Z AUTO 35008G14KT 10SM FEW033 OVC050 16/10 A3017 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

5,001 FT MAX
03/21
5,001 ft × 80
ASPH-E○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

03
50% of ops
117 land · 139 TO
21
50% of ops
116 land · 106 TO
Runway 03 carries 50% of operations (117 landings, 139 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 50%.

Approach quality

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

03 117 landings
UA 3%
21 116 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 03 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 117 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
16.7
flights/day · 500 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 16.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (9.1 vs 20.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 423 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050 —
APCH 123.800 —
APCH 256.800 —
UNICOM 123.050 —
AWOS 119.625 —
OTHER 121.725 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
CD/P 121.725 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 02:35 UTC