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📍 Pell City⬆ 485 ft1 runways
KPLR · PLR

St Clair County Airport

33.55880°N
-86.24910°W
ARR / DAY
3
4.8%
DEP / DAY
2
5.9%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPLR 042355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2997 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

21
57% of ops
39 land · 7 TO
03
43% of ops
29 land · 18 TO
Runway 21 carries 57% of operations (39 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

21 39 landings
UA 0%
03 29 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 39 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
3.7
flights/day · 110 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 8pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–8pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.6 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 96 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
APT REMA 121.725
CD/P 121.725
OTHER 121.725
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
4° 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 17:11 UTC