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Barnes County Municipal Airport

46.94100°N
-98.01760°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
3
41.2%

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

Current weather

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

57m ago
Temp
38°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
1207 m
Ceil
KJMS 160856Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR CLR 03/03 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP264 T00330033 51010

Runway intelligence

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

17
22% of ops
23 land · 6 TO
26
18% of ops
19 land · 7 TO
13
17% of ops
17 land · 5 TO
31
15% of ops
15 land · 11 TO
23
14% of ops
14 land · 0 TO
35
8% of ops
8 land · 9 TO
Runway 17 carries 22% of operations (23 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

17 23 landings
UA 0%
26 19 landings
UA 0%
13 17 landings
UA 0%
31 15 landings
UA 0%
23 14 landings
UA 14%
35 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 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
4.9
flights/day · 147 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 12am
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (5.0 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 142 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 09:53 UTC