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Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
4
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
28.6%

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

Current weather

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

42m ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
7 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBVY 290453Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01940150 402890189

Runway intelligence

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

10
53% of ops
73 land · 23 TO
28
47% of ops
64 land · 16 TO
Runway 10 carries 53% of operations (73 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

10 73 landings
UA 18%
28 64 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 10 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 73 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
5.5
flights/day · 164 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 5.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (7.1 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 156 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
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