Airports / 2B2 / Plum Island AirportGood ground coverage
⚡ Upgrade for 1yr history
Plum Island Airport satellite view
📍 Newburyport⬆ 11 ft2 runways
2B2 ·

Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
8
60.0%
DEP / DAY
3
0.0%

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 8 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

10
63% of ops
175 land · 65 TO
28
37% of ops
103 land · 33 TO
Runway 10 carries 63% of operations (175 landings, 65 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

10 175 landings
UA 13%
28 103 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 10 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 175 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
5.9
flights/day · 177 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 6pm · 5pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 5.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (7.2 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 168 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 14:25 UTC