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Knox County Regional Airport

44.06010°N
-69.09920°W
ARR / DAY
21
▲ 26.3%
DEP / DAY
25
▲ 41.6%

Knox County Regional Airport (KRKD/RKD) is a small general aviation airport located in Rockland, ME, 139 mi north east of Manchester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,412 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 21 arrivals and 25 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KRKD 281756Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP088 6//// T02220178 10222 20183

Runways

2 installed

5,412 FT MAX
03/21
4,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
13/31
5,412 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

13
29% of ops
220 land · 36 TO
21
26% of ops
200 land · 56 TO
03
23% of ops
175 land · 68 TO
31
22% of ops
169 land · 167 TO
Runway 13 carries 29% of operations (220 landings, 36 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

13 220 landings
UA 1%
21 200 landings
UA 2%
03 175 landings
UA 0%
31 169 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 13 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 220 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
33.6
flights/day · 1,009 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 33.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (38.0 vs 33.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

233 · 30%
77 · 10%
69 · 9%
60 · 8%
51 · 7%
38 · 5%
Activity is led by (30% of 774 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050 —
APCH 120.400 —
APCH 299.200 —
UNICOM 123.050 —
AWOS 119.025 —
OTHER 123.800 —
CD/P 123.800 —
OTHER 124.250 —
BANGOR R 124.250 —
OTHER 128.200 —
WATERBOR 128.200 —
OTHER 263.050 —
WATERBOR 263.050 —
OTHER 290.500 —
BANGOR R 290.500 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
18° 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
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