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Bacchus Marsh Airport

-37.73333°N
144.42167°W
ARR / DAY
26
▲ 766.7%
DEP / DAY
23
▲ 130.0%

Bacchus Marsh Airport (YBSS) is a small general aviation airport located in Australia, 46 km north of Geelong. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,098 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 26 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

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Go-arounds
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

2 installed

5,098 FT MAX
01/19
5,098 ft × 82
B○ unlit
09/27
5,000 ft × 82
B○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

27
72% of ops
1,075 land · 1,104 TO
01
17% of ops
260 land · 27 TO
19
8% of ops
120 land · 115 TO
09
2% of ops
32 land · 3 TO
Runway 27 carries 72% of operations (1,075 landings, 1,104 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

27 1,075 landings
UA 0%
01 260 landings
UA 6%
19 120 landings
UA 0%
09 32 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 1,075 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
26.7
flights/day · 800 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 1am · 3am
Day vs night
12%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–3am local, averaging 26.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (23.0 vs 29.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

514 · 66%
103 · 13%
63 · 8%
17 · 2%
13 · 2%
11 · 1%
Activity is led by (66% of 784 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

5 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Kitwalker
10/13/2014
BBQ next weekend (18th October 2014)
There is a bbq to be held for the hangar owners at B/M this weekend. Kicking off around 11 am. All local aircraft owners & Hangar owners are welcome. Venue Paul K's hangar (opposite the Flying School)
Anonymous
1/4/2014
Hangarage
Hi all, Came across this thread and trying to find some updated info. I have a Pitts and am wondering if there is any available hangarage in Bacchus Marsh? He doesn't take up much space! Many thanks.
brilin_air
4/23/2012
YBSS
We welcome all pilots flying into our airport! If you need to be in Melbourne for a short period of time, we are able to accommodate hangarage, providing your aircraft is suitable, (recreational aircraft only) Our Avgas prices are either comparable to Point Cook or slightly cheaper, and it is correct, landing fees are waivered if you are refuelling, or getting hangarage for your short stay. Linda Bacchus Marsh Aero Association (Sec)
ptomblin
1/8/2011
re: Elevation
Reply to @ptomblin: I confirmed from the AIP that the elevation is really 520 ft.
ptomblin
1/7/2011
Elevation
Just got an email from a user of the CoPilot iPhone app saying that the elevation isn't 118 ft, it's closer to 500 ft. I wonder if that means it's really 118 metres? If you go to the terrain map you see an unlabeled contour line and then another labeled 200 m as you head uphill from the airport.
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