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Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
1
88.6%
DEP / DAY
0
86.4%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

38m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBVY 251453Z 13007KT 10SM CLR 24/11 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP207 T02390106 58002

Runway intelligence

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

10
63% of ops
261 land · 42 TO
28
37% of ops
155 land · 27 TO
Runway 10 carries 63% of operations (261 landings, 42 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

10 261 landings
UA 30%
28 155 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 10 show a 30% unstable-approach rate (77 UA events from 261 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 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 5.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (8.8 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 167 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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