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Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport

36.06010°N
-78.78330°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 31.6%
DEP / DAY
10
▲ 26.4%

Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport (8NC8) is a small general aviation airport located in Durham, NC. It features 1 runway measuring 3,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KW63, 39 mi away (8NC8 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
4 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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KW63 051655Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM CLR 33/21 A2988 RMK AO1

Runways

1 installed

3,200 FT MAX
14/32
3,200 ft × 150
TURF● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

14
59% of ops
89 land · 10 TO
32
41% of ops
63 land · 249 TO
Runway 14 carries 59% of operations (89 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

14 89 landings
UA 1%
32 63 landings
UA 29%
Approaches to 14 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 89 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
10.3
flights/day · 309 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 10pm · 12am
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 10.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (8.4 vs 11.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

28 · 11%
25 · 10%
25 · 10%
23 · 9%
20 · 8%
16 · 6%
Activity is led by (11% of 247 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
309 ft
Mag var:
7° W
Fuel:
100LL

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

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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VirtualGA
12/30/2025
Home of EAA 879 and Two Annual Fly-ins
Lake Ridge Aero Park was transferred to new owners in 2020. Since then, the airport sponsors two annual fly-ins: Spring & Fall. Fly-in information is available at the airport's website (keep an eye on the weather for cancellations). The airport also hosts EAA Chapter 879 monthly meetings. Meeting information can be found by searching EAA 879.
Anonymous
01/21/2012
Au contraire!
This is a most friendly little airport. The owner does request you not depart when the runway is very soft, though.
Anonymous
03/06/2011
Private: need permission to land.
Owners are NOT friendly. BEWARE!!
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