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📍 Eastsound⬆ 31 ft1 runways
KORS · ESD

Orcas Island Airport

48.70820°N
-122.91000°W
ARR / DAY
9
▲ 37.8%
DEP / DAY
6
▲ 485.7%
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 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 8 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 8% of observed flights. The most active carrier is Rugby Aviation (SJN). The busiest route is to Boeing Field King County International Airport (KBFI).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
66°F
Wind
6 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KORS 312355Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2983 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

34
83% of ops
415 land · 142 TO
16
17% of ops
88 land · 229 TO
Runway 34 carries 83% of operations (415 landings, 142 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

34 415 landings
UA 15%
16 88 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 34 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (62 UA events from 415 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
28.6
flights/day · 859 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
42%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 28.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (31.9 vs 28.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 722 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
ranna
12/7/2008
my home base
the best airport ever!
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