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📍 Valley City⬆ 1,402 ft4 runways
K6D8 ·

Barnes County Municipal Airport

46.94100°N
-98.01760°W
ARR / DAY
2
57.1%
DEP / DAY
2
12.5%

Barnes County Municipal Airport (K6D8) is a small general aviation airport located in Valley City, ND, 58 mi west of Fargo. It features 4 runways with the longest being 4,201 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KJMS, 31 mi away (K6D8 does not publish METAR)

59m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
7 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KJMS 150956Z AUTO 08007KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02000172

Runway intelligence

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

26
35% of ops
46 land · 0 TO
17
21% of ops
28 land · 0 TO
31
19% of ops
25 land · 2 TO
13
11% of ops
15 land · 4 TO
35
9% of ops
12 land · 4 TO
23
3% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 26 carries 35% of operations (46 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

26 46 landings
UA 0%
17 28 landings
UA 0%
31 25 landings
UA 0%
13 15 landings
UA 0%
35 12 landings
UA 0%
23 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 46 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
4.2
flights/day · 125 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
46%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.5 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 113 flights). Top three types: , , .
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