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Leicester Airport

52.60780°N
-1.03194°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 18.4%
DEP / DAY
5
▼ 27.1%

Leicester Airport (EGBG) is a small general aviation airport located in Leicester, United Kingdom. It features 5 runways with the longest being 3,084 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From EGNX, 20 mi away (EGBG does not publish METAR)

35m ago
Temp
41°F
Wind
5 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
EGNX 111950Z 32005KT CAVOK 05/03 Q1005

Runways

5 installed

3,084 FT MAX
04/22
1,608 ft × 59
ASP○ unlit
06/24
1,099 ft × 98
GRS○ unlit
10/28
3,084 ft × 98
ASP● LIT
15/33
1,624 ft × 59
ASP○ unlit
16/34
1,371 ft × 98
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

10
34% of ops
92 land · 22 TO
28
20% of ops
54 land · 63 TO
22
11% of ops
30 land · 29 TO
04
10% of ops
28 land · 8 TO
06
7% of ops
20 land · 15 TO
24
5% of ops
13 land · 1 TO
Runway 10 carries 34% of operations (92 landings, 22 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

10 92 landings
UA 4%
28 54 landings
UA 7%
22 30 landings
UA 0%
04 28 landings
UA 0%
06 20 landings
UA 15%
24 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 92 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
9.2
flights/day · 275 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
99%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 9.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (5.1 vs 11.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

109 · 44%
58 · 24%
14 · 6%
9 · 4%
7 · 3%
7 · 3%
Activity is led by (44% of 245 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)

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supercub_cliffy
12/28/2013
LAC
friendly airport in the middle of england greatly recommended
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