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Portland Municipal Airport

40.45080°N
-84.99010°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 16.7%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 14.3%

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 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
14 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPLD 131655Z AUTO 23014KT 10SM SCT120 29/10 A2990 RMK AO2 T02850101

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
32 land · 13 TO
27
45% of ops
26 land · 12 TO
Runway 09 carries 55% of operations (32 landings, 13 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 32 landings
UA 0%
27 26 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 32 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
4.9
flights/day · 146 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12pm · 5pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (5.1 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 135 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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