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W48 ·

Essex Skypark Airport

39.26260°N
-76.43300°W
ARR / DAY
1
41.2%
DEP / DAY
1
72.0%

Essex Skypark Airport (W48) is a small general aviation airport located in Baltimore, MD. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 6% of observed flights.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

34
63% of ops
147 land · 12 TO
16
37% of ops
88 land · 47 TO
Runway 34 carries 63% of operations (147 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

34 147 landings
UA 14%
16 88 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 34 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 147 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
4.1
flights/day · 123 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (5.5 vs 3.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 100 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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