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📍 Pinehurst/Southern Pines⬆ 455 ft2 runways
KSOP · SOP

Moore County Airport

35.23740°N
-79.39120°W
ARR / DAY
3
89.3%
DEP / DAY
3
90.3%

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 6,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSOP 260156Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW065 21/21 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02110211 $

Runway intelligence

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

23
43% of ops
650 land · 361 TO
05
32% of ops
485 land · 597 TO
14
14% of ops
206 land · 46 TO
32
11% of ops
164 land · 53 TO
Runway 23 carries 43% of operations (650 landings, 361 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

23 650 landings
UA 1%
05 485 landings
UA 4%
14 206 landings
UA 10%
32 164 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 23 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 650 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
33.7
flights/day · 1,010 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 33.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (40.1 vs 32.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 718 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 16:59 UTC