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Falmouth Airpark

41.58560°N
-70.54040°W
ARR / DAY
22
10.9%
DEP / DAY
3
46.7%

Falmouth Airpark (5B6) is a small general aviation airport located in Falmouth, MA, 20 mi east of New Bedford. It features 1 runway measuring 2,298 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 22 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KHYA, 15 mi away (5B6 does not publish METAR)

50m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
5 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHYA 130656Z AUTO 26005KT 10SM 23/19 A2980 RMK AO2 RAB37E54 SLP093 P0000 T02280189 $

Runways

1 installed

2,298 FT MAX
07/25
2,298 ft × 40
ASPH-G● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

07
98% of ops
1,171 land · 4 TO
25
2% of ops
22 land · 45 TO
Runway 07 carries 98% of operations (1,171 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 2%.

Approach quality

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

07 1,171 landings
UA 1%
25 22 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 07 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 1,171 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
21.8
flights/day · 654 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 21.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (19.8 vs 23.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 459 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
Beechcraft
7/18/2007
Airpark Living
One of the nicest airparks in the US. Taxiways (grass) are separate from the streets. Driving around you wouldn't even know it's an airpark. Paved and lighted runway. Self-Service fuel.
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