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

Moore County Airport

35.23740°N
-79.39120°W
ARR / DAY
18
9.6%
DEP / DAY
21
15.2%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSOP 070556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC110 21/20 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 6//// T02060200 10233 20200 53001 PNO $

Runway intelligence

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

05
41% of ops
408 land · 626 TO
23
36% of ops
366 land · 151 TO
14
15% of ops
149 land · 8 TO
32
8% of ops
84 land · 13 TO
Runway 05 carries 41% of operations (408 landings, 626 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

05 408 landings
UA 4%
23 366 landings
UA 3%
14 149 landings
UA 9%
32 84 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 05 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 408 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
38.4
flights/day · 1,153 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 38.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (45.2 vs 37.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 749 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 06:05 UTC