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Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport

36.06010°N
-78.78330°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 16.7%
DEP / DAY
5
▲ 48.0%

Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport (8NC8) is a small general aviation airport located in Durham, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 6% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KRDU, 13 mi away (8NC8 does not publish METAR)

25m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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KRDU 301951Z 00000KT 10SM SCT036 BKN047 BKN250 30/21 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP204 T03000206 $

Runways

1 installed

3,200 FT MAX
14/32
3,200 ft × 150
TURF● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

14
55% of ops
45 land · 5 TO
32
45% of ops
37 land · 127 TO
Runway 14 carries 55% of operations (45 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

14 45 landings
UA 0%
32 37 landings
UA 30%
Approaches to 14 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 45 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
8.1
flights/day · 243 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–11pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (7.4 vs 8.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

29 · 15%
24 · 12%
23 · 12%
17 · 9%
15 · 8%
10 · 5%
Activity is led by (15% of 194 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
309 ft
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

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

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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VirtualGA
12/30/2025
Home of EAA 879 and Two Annual Fly-ins
Lake Ridge Aero Park was transferred to new owners in 2020. Since then, the airport sponsors two annual fly-ins: Spring & Fall. Fly-in information is available at the airport's website (keep an eye on the weather for cancellations). The airport also hosts EAA Chapter 879 monthly meetings. Meeting information can be found by searching EAA 879.
Anonymous
01/21/2012
Au contraire!
This is a most friendly little airport. The owner does request you not depart when the runway is very soft, though.
Anonymous
03/06/2011
Private: need permission to land.
Owners are NOT friendly. BEWARE!!
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