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

Moore County Airport

35.23740°N
-79.39120°W
ARR / DAY
24
4.6%
DEP / DAY
29
4.1%

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 6,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 24 arrivals and 29 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSOP 052356Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM FEW070 26/23 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP140 60068 T02610228 10378 20228 53001 $

Runway intelligence

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

23
40% of ops
271 land · 161 TO
05
30% of ops
204 land · 220 TO
14
18% of ops
123 land · 15 TO
32
11% of ops
72 land · 30 TO
Runway 23 carries 40% of operations (271 landings, 161 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

23 271 landings
UA 3%
05 204 landings
UA 7%
14 123 landings
UA 14%
32 72 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 23 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 271 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
39.2
flights/day · 1,176 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 39.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (44.1 vs 39.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 797 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 22:52 UTC