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The Flying Horseman Airport

29.71515°N
-82.09714°W
ARR / DAY
2
31.3%
DEP / DAY
2
30.0%

The Flying Horseman Airport (8FD2) is a small general aviation airport located in Melrose, FL. It features 1 runway measuring 4,145 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KGNV, 11 mi away (8FD2 does not publish METAR)

39m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
5 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KGNV 301953Z 06005KT 10SM FEW049 SCT065 BKN110 32/22 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T03220217

Runways

1 installed

4,145 FT MAX
9/27
4,145 ft × 75
Turf○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

27
89% of ops
55 land · 0 TO
9
11% of ops
7 land · 27 TO
Runway 27 carries 89% of operations (55 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 9 at 11%.

Approach quality

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

27 55 landings
UA 0%
9 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 55 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
5.2
flights/day · 155 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 5.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (5.2 vs 5.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 135 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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