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Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
1
78.4%
DEP / DAY
1
65.0%

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

Current weather

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

23m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
10 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBVY 241853Z 14010KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP215 T02390133

Runway intelligence

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

10
64% of ops
291 land · 42 TO
28
36% of ops
164 land · 27 TO
Runway 10 carries 64% of operations (291 landings, 42 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

10 291 landings
UA 29%
28 164 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 10 show a 29% unstable-approach rate (83 UA events from 291 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
6.4
flights/day · 193 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (8.8 vs 5.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 182 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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