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

Moore County Airport

35.23740°N
-79.39120°W
ARR / DAY
21
▼ 1.4%
DEP / DAY
27
▲ 8.1%

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 21 arrivals and 27 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSOP 130756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/15 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01500150 PNO $

Runway intelligence

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

05
46% of ops
309 land · 441 TO
23
32% of ops
219 land · 93 TO
14
14% of ops
94 land · 10 TO
32
8% of ops
53 land · 9 TO
Runway 05 carries 46% of operations (309 landings, 441 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

05 309 landings
UA 3%
23 219 landings
UA 2%
14 94 landings
UA 15%
32 53 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 309 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
42.7
flights/day · 1,282 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 42.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (39.2 vs 46.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 781 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 13:16 UTC