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Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport satellite view

📍 Durham⬆ 309 ft1 runways

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Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport

36.06010°N

-78.78330°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 5.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 12.9%

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 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

56% of ops

66 land · 151 TO

44% of ops

52 land · 4 TO

Runway 32 carries 56% of operations (66 landings, 151 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

32 66 landings

UA 29%

14 52 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 32 show a 29% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 66 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

6.3

flights/day · 188 total

Busy hour (local)

9pm

also 1pm · 12pm

Day vs night

54%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–9pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (7.9 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 148 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

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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

1/21/2012

Au contraire!

This is a most friendly little airport. The owner does request you not depart when the runway is very soft, though.

Anonymous

3/6/2011

Private: need permission to land.

Owners are NOT friendly. BEWARE!!

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