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Mettie Airstrip

46.71496°N

-120.32882°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

51m ago

Temp

81°F

Wind

5 kts

10°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KYKM 281853Z COR 01005KT 10SM FEW080 27/08 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02720083

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

62% of ops

53 land · 4 TO

38% of ops

33 land · 0 TO

Runway 12 carries 62% of operations (53 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

12 53 landings

UA 0%

30 33 landings

UA 12%

Approaches to 12 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 53 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

1.1

flights/day · 32 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 4am · 3pm

Day vs night

44%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–3pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.5 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 31 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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