📍 Eastsound⬆ 31 ft1 runways

KORS · ESD

Orcas Island Airport

48.70820°N

-122.91000°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 37.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 34.8%

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 20 arrivals and 21 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 10 carriers across 17 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 3% of observed flights. The most active carrier is Rugby Aviation (SJN). The busiest route is to Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now

Temp

66°F

Wind

6 kts

320°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KORS 312355Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2983 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

83% of ops

1,007 land · 396 TO

17% of ops

201 land · 609 TO

Runway 34 carries 83% of operations (1,007 landings, 396 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 1,007 landings

UA 10%

16 201 landings

UA 3%

Approaches to 34 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (99 UA events from 1,007 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

73.3

flights/day · 2,198 total

Busy hour (local)

9pm

also 10pm · 5pm

Day vs night

40%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 73.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (87.0 vs 71.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 1,741 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

ranna

12/07/2008

my home base

the best airport ever!

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