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📍 Pawtucket⬆ 441 ft2 runways
KSFZ · SFZ

North Central State Airport

41.92080°N
-71.49140°W
ARR / DAY
27
▲ 17.3%
DEP / DAY
29
▲ 20.6%

North Central State Airport (KSFZ/SFZ) is a small general aviation airport located in Pawtucket, RI. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 27 arrivals and 29 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

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
3 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFZ 022056Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM BKN042 22/16 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP205 T02170161 58005 $

Runways

2 installed

5,000 FT MAX
05/23
5,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
15/33
3,211 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

23
58% of ops
684 land · 261 TO
05
25% of ops
300 land · 291 TO
33
14% of ops
171 land · 120 TO
15
3% of ops
32 land · 11 TO
Runway 23 carries 58% of operations (684 landings, 261 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

23 684 landings
UA 7%
05 300 landings
UA 9%
33 171 landings
UA 10%
15 32 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 23 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (49 UA events from 684 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
42.0
flights/day · 1,261 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 1pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 42.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (53.2 vs 39.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

531 · 49%
81 · 7%
71 · 7%
49 · 5%
46 · 4%
41 · 4%
Activity is led by (49% of 1,087 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 123.675 —
APCH 244.875 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 120.775 —
WIPOR ST 123.675 —
OTHER 123.675 —
CD/P 124.350 —
OTHER 124.350 —
WOODSTOC 124.850 —
OTHER 124.850 —
WIPOR ST 244.875 —
OTHER 244.875 —
WOODSTOC 307.900 —
OTHER 307.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
15° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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)

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Tony
10/28/2012
Socata Maintenance
Flew my Trinidad TB20 here from Ottawa for some maintenance/cosmetic touch ups. Small, friendly place with several small hotels. Close to Providence, RI too.
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