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Portland Municipal Airport

40.45080°N
-84.99010°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 0.0%

Portland Municipal Airport (KPLD) is a small general aviation airport located in Portland, IN, 48 mi south of Fort Wayne. It features 1 runway measuring 4,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KMIE, 26 mi away (KPLD does not publish METAR)

57m ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
12 kts
200°
Visib
1207 m
Ceil
—
KMIE 121753Z 20012G21KT 3/4SM +TSRA BR BKN028 OVC060 19/18 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS TSE04B29 SLP150 TS OHD MOV E P0050 60165 T01940178 10200 20183 53036

Runways

1 installed

4,002 FT MAX
09/27
4,002 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

09
55% of ops
64 land · 19 TO
27
45% of ops
53 land · 47 TO
Runway 09 carries 55% of operations (64 landings, 19 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 45%.

Approach quality

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

09 64 landings
UA 3%
27 53 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 64 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
5.0
flights/day · 150 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 11pm · 7pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 5.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.9 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

38 · 27%
34 · 24%
11 · 8%
10 · 7%
9 · 6%
5 · 4%
Activity is led by (27% of 140 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 127.200 —
APCH 132.150 —
APCH 284.600 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 124.675 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° W
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
tshiverd
11/30/2017
Tractor Show
Love to fly into here in August for the antique tractor show. They will give you a ride over and come get you to go home. Nice airport.
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