📍 Eastsound⬆ 31 ft1 runways

KORS · ESD

Orcas Island Airport

48.70820°N

-122.91000°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 15.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 2.1%

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 20 arrivals and 20 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 10 carriers across 15 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 5% of observed flights. The most active carrier is Kenmore AIR Harbor (KEN). The busiest route is to Boeing Field King County International Airport (KBFI).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago

Temp

55°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KORS 132155Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW036 OVC042 13/08 A3021 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

87% of ops

390 land · 214 TO

13% of ops

60 land · 122 TO

Runway 34 carries 87% of operations (390 landings, 214 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

34 390 landings

UA 13%

16 60 landings

UA 3%

Approaches to 34 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (49 UA events from 390 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

26.5

flights/day · 794 total

Busy hour (local)

10pm

also 9pm · 11pm

Day vs night

35%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 10pm–11pm local, averaging 26.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (31.8 vs 25.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 654 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

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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