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Portland Municipal Airport

40.45080°N
-84.99010°W
ARR / DAY
2
9.1%
DEP / DAY
3
0.0%

Portland Municipal Airport (KPLD) is a small general aviation airport located in Portland, IN, 48 mi south of Fort Wayne. It features 1 runway measuring 5,505 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPLD 290815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/10 A3019 RMK AO2 T01480103

Runways

1 installed

5,505 FT MAX
09/27
5,505 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
52% of ops
28 land · 15 TO
09
48% of ops
26 land · 9 TO
Runway 27 carries 52% of operations (28 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

27 28 landings
UA 0%
09 26 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 28 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 · 129 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 11pm · 1pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.8 vs 5.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 115 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.200
APCH 132.150
APCH 284.600
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.675
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
tshiverd
11/30/2017
Tractor Show
Love to fly into here in August for the antique tractor show. They will give you a ride over and come get you to go home. Nice airport.
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