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Mettie Airstrip

46.71496°N

-120.32882°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 18.2%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Mettie Airstrip (US-0087) is a small general aviation airport located in Yakima, WA, 63 mi north west of Tri-Cities. It features 1 runway measuring 4,025 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KYKM, 14 mi away (US-0087 does not publish METAR)

24m ago

Temp

83°F

Wind

6 kts

360°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KYKM 200353Z COR 36006KT 10SM CLR 28/11 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP110 T02830111

Runways

1 installed

4,025 FT MAX

12/30

4,025 ft × 75

PEM○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

66% of ops

88 land · 4 TO

34% of ops

45 land · 0 TO

Runway 12 carries 66% of operations (88 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

12 88 landings

UA 0%

30 45 landings

UA 9%

Approaches to 12 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 88 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

1.3

flights/day · 40 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 4am · 3pm

Day vs night

42%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.1 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 39 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

rrobledo

12/16/2009

code Z25 (KZ25)

The FAA uses Z14 for Tripod Airport, Aleknagik, AK

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