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Mettie Airstrip

46.71496°N

-120.32882°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 80.0%

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 · 1 total

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Current weather

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

57m ago

Temp

67°F

Wind

9 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KYKM 290753Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM CLR 19/09 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP137 T01940089 403110117

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

60% of ops

44 land · 2 TO

40% of ops

29 land · 0 TO

Runway 12 carries 60% of operations (44 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

12 44 landings

UA 0%

30 29 landings

UA 14%

Approaches to 12 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 44 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 · 38 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 0.3× weekday (0.5 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 35 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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