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Falmouth Airpark

41.58560°N
-70.54040°W
ARR / DAY
17
▲ 105.1%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 61.5%

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 17 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

From KPVC, 37 mi away (5B6 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
66°F
Wind
5 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPVC 312356Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP191 T01890150 10228 20183 56005 $

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
523 land · 1 TO
25
2% of ops
10 land · 17 TO
Runway 07 carries 98% of operations (523 landings, 1 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

07 523 landings
UA 1%
25 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 07 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 523 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
20.3
flights/day · 610 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 20.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (24.1 vs 19.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

140 · 32%
39 · 9%
30 · 7%
23 · 5%
23 · 5%
22 · 5%
Activity is led by (32% of 440 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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