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Sterling Airport

42.42590°N
-71.79290°W
ARR / DAY
3
5.9%
DEP / DAY
2
48.3%

Sterling Airport (3B3) is a small general aviation airport located in Sterling, MA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,086 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KORH, 12 mi away (3B3 does not publish METAR)

29m ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
4 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KORH 270654Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 16/15 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01610150 $

Runway intelligence

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

16
69% of ops
57 land · 4 TO
34
31% of ops
26 land · 56 TO
Runway 16 carries 69% of operations (57 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

16 57 landings
UA 11%
34 26 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 57 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
5.3
flights/day · 158 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.8 vs 5.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 142 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
08/03/2018
Glider activity
Watch out for glider activity.
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