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📍 Valley City⬆ 1,402 ft4 runways
K6D8 ·

Barnes County Municipal Airport

46.94100°N
-98.01760°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
7
600.0%

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 4,202 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

45m ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
12 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KJMS 152156Z AUTO 31012KT 10SM BKN025 OVC031 21/17 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02060167

Runway intelligence

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

26
30% of ops
30 land · 3 TO
31
30% of ops
30 land · 13 TO
17
18% of ops
18 land · 1 TO
13
8% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
23
7% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
08
4% of ops
4 land · 3 TO
Runway 26 carries 30% of operations (30 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

26 30 landings
UA 0%
31 30 landings
UA 0%
17 18 landings
UA 0%
13 8 landings
UA 0%
23 7 landings
UA 0%
08 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 30 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
4.8
flights/day · 144 total
Busy hour (local)
1am
also 8pm · 1pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–1pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (5.8 vs 4.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 134 flights). Top three types: , , .
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