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Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
4
28.6%
DEP / DAY
2
38.9%

Plum Island Airport (2B2) is a small general aviation airport located in Newburyport, MA, 27 mi north east of Lowell. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBVY, 15 mi away (2B2 does not publish METAR)

41m ago
Temp
85°F
Wind
4 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBVY 201653Z 12004KT 10SM BKN060 29/16 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02940161

Runway intelligence

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

10
56% of ops
87 land · 41 TO
28
44% of ops
67 land · 19 TO
Runway 10 carries 56% of operations (87 landings, 41 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

10 87 landings
UA 16%
28 67 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 10 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 87 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
6.1
flights/day · 183 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 6.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (8.5 vs 5.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 171 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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