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Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
9
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
66.7%

Plum Island Airport (2B2) is a small general aviation airport located in Newburyport, MA, 27 mi north east of Lowell. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KBVY, 15 mi away (2B2 does not publish METAR)

32m ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
4 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBVY 150453Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR 16/13 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP193 T01610128 402670150

Runway intelligence

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

10
67% of ops
163 land · 63 TO
28
33% of ops
82 land · 29 TO
Runway 10 carries 67% of operations (163 landings, 63 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

10 163 landings
UA 14%
28 82 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 10 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 163 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
6.2
flights/day · 187 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 6.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (7.2 vs 6.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 177 flights). Top three types: , , .

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
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