Moore County Airport satellite view
📍 Pinehurst/Southern Pines⬆ 455 ft2 runways
KSOP · SOP

Moore County Airport

35.23740°N
-79.39120°W
ARR / DAY
19
18.8%
DEP / DAY
23
28.0%

Moore County Airport (KSOP/SOP) is a small general aviation airport located in Pinehurst/Southern Pines, NC, 32 mi north west of Fayetteville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 19 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

44m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSOP 142256Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T03330244 $

Runway intelligence

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

05
41% of ops
475 land · 455 TO
23
35% of ops
404 land · 354 TO
32
14% of ops
160 land · 24 TO
14
10% of ops
119 land · 33 TO
Runway 05 carries 41% of operations (475 landings, 455 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

05 475 landings
UA 3%
23 404 landings
UA 3%
32 160 landings
UA 11%
14 119 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 475 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
35.9
flights/day · 1,077 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 35.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (34.9 vs 38.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 760 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
APCH 127.800
APCH 343.725
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 127.575
CD/P 127.000
OTHER 127.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° 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 23:40 UTC