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Davis Airstrip

39.24450°N
-77.14860°W
ARR / DAY
2
21.1%
DEP / DAY
1
28.6%

Davis Airstrip (W50) is a small general aviation airport located in Laytonsville, MD, 25 mi north of Washington. It features 1 runway measuring 2,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBWI, 26 mi away (W50 does not publish METAR)

28m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBWI 271554Z VRB05KT 10SM FEW065 BKN150 BKN240 28/22 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02830222

Runways

1 installed

2,600 FT MAX
08/26
2,600 ft × 50
ASPH-TURF-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

26
85% of ops
63 land · 4 TO
08
15% of ops
11 land · 2 TO
Runway 26 carries 85% of operations (63 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

26 63 landings
UA 19%
08 11 landings
UA 27%
Approaches to 26 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 63 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
2.8
flights/day · 85 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (2.8 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 84 flights). Top three types: , , .
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