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KUUU · NPT

Newport State Airport

41.53240°N

-71.28150°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 87.1%

DEP / DAY

▼ 79.3%

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 2 arrivals and 3 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)

26m ago

Temp

79°F

Wind

10 kts

50°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KPVD 261751Z 05010G18KT 10SM SCT075 SCT200 26/10 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02610100 10261 20183 56015

Runways

2 installed

2,999 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

38% of ops

391 land · 153 TO

35% of ops

364 land · 601 TO

15% of ops

151 land · 131 TO

13% of ops

131 land · 67 TO

Runway 04 carries 38% of operations (391 landings, 153 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

04 391 landings

UA 6%

22 364 landings

UA 4%

34 151 landings

UA 1%

16 131 landings

UA 13%

Approaches to 04 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 391 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

21.0

flights/day · 631 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 5pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 21.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (26.2 vs 20.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 497 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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