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Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
2
71.4%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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 2 arrivals and 0 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
65% of ops
187 land · 43 TO
28
35% of ops
102 land · 20 TO
Runway 10 carries 65% of operations (187 landings, 43 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

10 187 landings
UA 28%
28 102 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 10 show a 28% unstable-approach rate (52 UA events from 187 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
7.1
flights/day · 212 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 7.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (9.8 vs 6.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 195 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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