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Sterling Airport

42.42590°N

-71.79290°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Sterling Airport (3B3) is a small general aviation airport located in Sterling, MA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,086 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

50m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

4 kts

120°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KORH 271554Z COR VRB04KT 10SM FEW050 25/14 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP108 T02500144 $

Runways

2 installed

3,086 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

66% of ops

146 land · 27 TO

34% of ops

75 land · 124 TO

Runway 16 carries 66% of operations (146 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

16 146 landings

UA 7%

34 75 landings

UA 4%

Approaches to 16 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 146 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

5.0

flights/day · 149 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 2pm · 4pm

Day vs night

81%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 5.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (6.4 vs 4.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

14 · 12%

12 · 10%

6 · 5%

Activity is led by (12% of 117 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

Anonymous

08/03/2018

Glider activity

Watch out for glider activity.

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