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Plum Island Airport

42.79590°N
-70.84120°W
ARR / DAY
4
6.5%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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)

43m ago
Temp
65°F
Wind
8 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBVY 030553Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM OVC080 18/15 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP181 T01830150 10189 20172 56011

Runway intelligence

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

10
53% of ops
134 land · 37 TO
28
47% of ops
120 land · 25 TO
Runway 10 carries 53% of operations (134 landings, 37 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

10 134 landings
UA 17%
28 120 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 10 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 134 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
6.2
flights/day · 186 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 1pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 6.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (8.4 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 175 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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