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Plainwell Municipal Airport

42.46780°N
-85.64800°W
ARR / DAY
2
11.1%
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 2 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)

1h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
5 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAZO 201653Z 04005KT 10SM BKN032 BKN044 25/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP175 T02500167

Runway intelligence

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

09
47% of ops
40 land · 5 TO
01
26% of ops
22 land · 1 TO
27
17% of ops
15 land · 39 TO
19
10% of ops
9 land · 1 TO
Runway 09 carries 47% of operations (40 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

09 40 landings
UA 20%
01 22 landings
UA 9%
27 15 landings
UA 0%
19 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 09 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 40 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
4.3
flights/day · 128 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (3.1 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (64% of 127 flights). Top three types: , , .
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