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KPLR · PLR

St Clair County Airport

33.55880°N

-86.24910°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 91.4%

DEP / DAY

▼ 93.5%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KPLR 260835Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM FEW010 BKN027 OVC047 23/23 A3001 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

64% of ops

178 land · 63 TO

36% of ops

101 land · 44 TO

Runway 03 carries 64% of operations (178 landings, 63 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

03 178 landings

UA 0%

21 101 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 178 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

5.5

flights/day · 164 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 1pm · 12am

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–2pm local, averaging 5.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (7.1 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 136 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

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