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Barnes County Municipal Airport

46.94100°N
-98.01760°W
ARR / DAY
2
75.0%
DEP / DAY
3
11.1%

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

Current weather

From KFAR, 57 mi away (K6D8 does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
7 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFAR 070330Z AUTO 35007KT 10SM BKN085 BKN110 22/19 A2995 RMK T02200190 MADISHF

Runway intelligence

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

31
24% of ops
29 land · 17 TO
17
21% of ops
25 land · 6 TO
26
19% of ops
23 land · 6 TO
13
15% of ops
18 land · 4 TO
23
8% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
35
7% of ops
8 land · 9 TO
Runway 31 carries 24% of operations (29 landings, 17 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

31 29 landings
UA 0%
17 25 landings
UA 0%
26 23 landings
UA 0%
13 18 landings
UA 0%
23 10 landings
UA 20%
35 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 29 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 · 145 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 12am
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.2 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 141 flights). Top three types: , , .
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