📍 Eastsound⬆ 31 ft1 runways

KORS · ESD

Orcas Island Airport

48.70820°N

-122.91000°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 19.8%

DEP / DAY

▼ 24.6%

ON-TIME

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schedules pending

AVG DELAY

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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 12 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 7 carriers across 10 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 9% of observed flights. 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

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Wind

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Visib

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Ceil

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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

77% of ops

392 land · 292 TO

23% of ops

116 land · 118 TO

Runway 34 carries 77% of operations (392 landings, 292 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

34 392 landings

UA 9%

16 116 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 34 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (36 UA events from 392 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

31.3

flights/day · 939 total

Busy hour (local)

9pm

also 12am · 10pm

Day vs night

37%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 9pm–10pm local, averaging 31.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (25.9 vs 34.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 799 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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