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Sterling Airport

42.42590°N
-71.79290°W
ARR / DAY
3
20.8%
DEP / DAY
4
19.2%

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 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

16
71% of ops
213 land · 30 TO
34
29% of ops
89 land · 160 TO
Runway 16 carries 71% of operations (213 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

16 213 landings
UA 6%
34 89 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 16 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 213 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)
3pm
also 5pm · 1pm
Day vs night
81%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (9.2 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 159 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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