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Falmouth Airpark

41.58560°N
-70.54040°W
ARR / DAY
9
▲ 28.6%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 60.0%

Falmouth Airpark (5B6) is a small general aviation airport located in Falmouth, MA, 20 mi east of New Bedford. It features 1 runway measuring 2,298 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KFMH, 5 mi away (5B6 does not publish METAR)

47m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFMH 042156Z 00000KT 10SM FEW027 SCT050 SCT080 24/21 A2979

Runways

1 installed

2,298 FT MAX
07/25
2,298 ft × 40
ASPH-G● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

07
98% of ops
878 land · 2 TO
25
2% of ops
17 land · 34 TO
Runway 07 carries 98% of operations (878 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 2%.

Approach quality

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

07 878 landings
UA 1%
25 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 07 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 878 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
21.7
flights/day · 650 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 21.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (25.4 vs 21.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

154 · 33%
43 · 9%
32 · 7%
26 · 6%
24 · 5%
23 · 5%
Activity is led by (33% of 465 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

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Beechcraft
07/18/2007
Airpark Living
One of the nicest airparks in the US. Taxiways (grass) are separate from the streets. Driving around you wouldn't even know it's an airpark. Paved and lighted runway. Self-Service fuel.
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