Orcas Island Airport satellite view
📍 Eastsound⬆ 31 ft1 runways
KORS · ESD

Orcas Island Airport

48.70820°N
-122.91000°W
ARR / DAY
31
22.0%
DEP / DAY
32
24.8%
ON-TIME
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
7d window

Orcas Island Airport (KORS/ESD) is a small international airport located in Eastsound, WA, 24 mi north east of Saanich. It features 1 runway measuring 2,901 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 31 arrivals and 32 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 13 carriers across 21 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights. The most active carrier is Kenmore AIR Harbor (KEN). The busiest route is to Boeing Field King County International Airport (KBFI).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
6 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KORS 242335Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A2999 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,901 FT MAX
16/34
2,901 ft × 60
ASPH-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

34
83% of ops
1,055 land · 417 TO
16
17% of ops
219 land · 666 TO
Runway 34 carries 83% of operations (1,055 landings, 417 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

34 1,055 landings
UA 9%
16 219 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 34 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (95 UA events from 1,055 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
78.3
flights/day · 2,348 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 11pm
Day vs night
39%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 9pm–11pm local, averaging 78.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (97.2 vs 74.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 1,896 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 128.250
APCH 118.200
APCH 132.700
APCH 285.650
AWOS 135.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZVR
Mag var:
17° E
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

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
ranna
12/07/2008
my home base
the best airport ever!
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