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Plainwell Municipal Airport

42.46780°N
-85.64800°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
30.8%

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)

31m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAZO 281553Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/11 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP218 T02390111

Runway intelligence

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

09
43% of ops
36 land · 5 TO
01
29% of ops
24 land · 0 TO
27
17% of ops
14 land · 31 TO
19
12% of ops
10 land · 2 TO
Runway 09 carries 43% of operations (36 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

09 36 landings
UA 19%
01 24 landings
UA 0%
27 14 landings
UA 0%
19 10 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 09 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 36 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
4.1
flights/day · 123 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.9 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 119 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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