📍 Eastsound⬆ 31 ft1 runways

KORS · ESD

Orcas Island Airport

48.70820°N

-122.91000°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 48.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 40.5%

ON-TIME

—

schedules pending

AVG DELAY

—

7d window

Orcas Island Airport (KORS/ESD) is a small international airport located in Eastsound, WA, 24 mi north east of Saanich. It features 1 runway measuring 2,900 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 5 carriers across 10 routes. Cargo carriers account for about 11% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service. The most active carrier is Rugby Aviation (SJN). The busiest route is to Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2m ago

Temp

57°F

Wind

10 kts

190°

Visib

—

Ceil

—

METAR KORS 121435Z AUTO 19010KT CLR 14/11 A2973 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,900 FT MAX

16/34

2,900 ft × 60

ASPH-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

75% of ops

367 land · 278 TO

25% of ops

120 land · 127 TO

Runway 34 carries 75% of operations (367 landings, 278 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

34 367 landings

UA 10%

16 120 landings

UA 8%

Approaches to 34 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (35 UA events from 367 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

30.4

flights/day · 913 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 9pm · 10pm

Day vs night

37%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–10pm local, averaging 30.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (25.9 vs 33.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 782 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	128.250	—
APCH	118.200	—
APCH	132.700	—
APCH	285.650	—
AWOS	135.425	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZVR
Mag var:: 17° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

ranna

12/7/2008

my home base

the best airport ever!

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