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📍 Pell City⬆ 485 ft1 runways
KPLR · PLR

St Clair County Airport

33.55880°N
-86.24910°W
ARR / DAY
5
13.5%
DEP / DAY
4
16.0%

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 5 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KANB, 23 mi away (KPLR does not publish METAR)

32m ago
Temp
96°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KANB 032153Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 36/22 A2996 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW SLP131 T03560222

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
54% of ops
118 land · 35 TO
21
46% of ops
99 land · 53 TO
Runway 03 carries 54% of operations (118 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

03 118 landings
UA 0%
21 99 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 118 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
7.1
flights/day · 213 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 7.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.4 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 189 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 22:25 UTC