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KUUU · NPT

Newport State Airport

41.53240°N

-71.28150°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 38.2%

DEP / DAY

▲ 35.0%

Newport State Airport (KUUU/NPT) is a small general aviation airport located in Newport, RI, 20 mi west of New Bedford. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KPVD, 16 mi away (KUUU does not publish METAR)

58m ago

Temp

80°F

Wind

10 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KPVD 301851Z 21010KT 10SM BKN140 BKN200 27/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02670133 $

Runways

2 installed

2,999 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

58% of ops

261 land · 306 TO

25% of ops

112 land · 77 TO

10% of ops

47 land · 23 TO

6% of ops

28 land · 13 TO

Runway 22 carries 58% of operations (261 landings, 306 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

22 261 landings

UA 4%

04 112 landings

UA 7%

34 47 landings

UA 2%

16 28 landings

UA 18%

Approaches to 22 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 261 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)

6pm

also 2pm · 7pm

Day vs night

74%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 26.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (28.6 vs 26.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 627 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.050	—
APCH	128.700	—
APCH	269.525	—
UNICOM	123.050	—
ASOS	132.075	—
WIPOR ST	123.675	—
OTHER	123.675	—
WOODSTOC	124.850	—
OTHER	124.850	—
CD/P	127.250	—
OTHER	127.250	—
WIPOR ST	244.875	—
OTHER	244.875	—
WOODSTOC	307.900	—
OTHER	307.900	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZBW
Mag var:: 15° W
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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