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W50 ·

Davis Airstrip

39.24450°N

-77.14860°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 58.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KFME, 24 mi away (W50 does not publish METAR)

36m ago

Temp

81°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KFME 261555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN060 27/18 A2996 RMK AO1

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

70% of ops

85 land · 0 TO

30% of ops

36 land · 12 TO

Runway 26 carries 70% of operations (85 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

26 85 landings

UA 27%

08 36 landings

UA 19%

Approaches to 26 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 85 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

1.4

flights/day · 43 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 5pm · 3pm

Day vs night

70%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (2.0 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 42 flights). Top three types: , , .

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