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📍 Pawtucket⬆ 441 ft2 runways
KSFZ · SFZ

North Central State Airport

41.92080°N
-71.49140°W
ARR / DAY
9
▼ 63.1%
DEP / DAY
12
▼ 55.9%

North Central State Airport (KSFZ/SFZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Pawtucket, RI. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 12 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

3d ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
15 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFZ 251756Z AUTO 04015KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A3011 RMK AO2 PK WND 04026/1715 SLP195 T01720089 10172 20106 58019 $

Runways

2 installed

5,000 FT MAX
05/23
5,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
15/33
3,210 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

05
40% of ops
257 land · 309 TO
23
38% of ops
246 land · 96 TO
33
16% of ops
101 land · 125 TO
15
6% of ops
40 land · 2 TO
Runway 05 carries 40% of operations (257 landings, 309 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

05 257 landings
UA 7%
23 246 landings
UA 13%
33 101 landings
UA 7%
15 40 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 05 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (17 UA events from 257 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
27.7
flights/day · 830 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 27.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (31.5 vs 27.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

361 · 50%
47 · 7%
42 · 6%
38 · 5%
30 · 4%
22 · 3%
Activity is led by (50% of 721 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 123.675 —
APCH 244.875 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 120.775 —
WIPOR ST 123.675 —
OTHER 123.675 —
CD/P 124.350 —
OTHER 124.350 —
WOODSTOC 124.850 —
OTHER 124.850 —
WIPOR ST 244.875 —
OTHER 244.875 —
WOODSTOC 307.900 —
OTHER 307.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
15° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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
Tony
10/28/2012
Socata Maintenance
Flew my Trinidad TB20 here from Ottawa for some maintenance/cosmetic touch ups. Small, friendly place with several small hotels. Close to Providence, RI too.
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