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Portland Municipal Airport

40.45080°N
-84.99010°W
ARR / DAY
2
100.0%
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

14h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
11 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPLD 010355Z AUTO 20011KT 7SM BKN110 27/18 A3002 RMK AO2 T02680184

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
57% of ops
31 land · 14 TO
09
43% of ops
23 land · 10 TO
Runway 27 carries 57% of operations (31 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

27 31 landings
UA 0%
09 23 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 31 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
4.4
flights/day · 132 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 1pm · 4pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 4.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.5 vs 5.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 118 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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