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Plainwell Municipal Airport

42.46780°N
-85.64800°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
7.1%

Plainwell Municipal Airport (61D) is a small general aviation airport located in Plainwell, MI, 34 mi south of Grand Rapids. It features 2 runways with the longest being 2,650 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAZO, 17 mi away (61D does not publish METAR)

22m ago
Temp
78°F
Wind
8 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAZO 291553Z 23008KT 10SM CLR 26/15 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP223 T02560150

Runway intelligence

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

09
42% of ops
34 land · 4 TO
01
27% of ops
22 land · 0 TO
27
16% of ops
13 land · 31 TO
19
15% of ops
12 land · 2 TO
Runway 09 carries 42% of operations (34 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 34 landings
UA 21%
01 22 landings
UA 0%
27 13 landings
UA 0%
19 12 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 09 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 34 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
4.0
flights/day · 120 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.9 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 114 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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