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Mettie Airstrip

46.71496°N

-120.32882°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Mettie Airstrip (US-0087) is a small general aviation airport located in Yakima, WA, 63 mi north west of Tri-Cities. It features 1 runway measuring 4,025 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KYKM, 14 mi away (US-0087 does not publish METAR)

23m ago

Temp

71°F

Wind

5 kts

290°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KYKM 071853Z 29005KT 10SM FEW070 22/07 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02170072 $

Runways

1 installed

4,025 FT MAX

12/30

4,025 ft × 75

PEM○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

57% of ops

29 land · 2 TO

43% of ops

22 land · 2 TO

Runway 30 carries 57% of operations (29 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

30 29 landings

UA 21%

12 22 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 30 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 29 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

0.9

flights/day · 27 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 12am · 3pm

Day vs night

56%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (0.6 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

7 · 33%

3 · 14%

1 · 5%

Activity is led by (33% of 21 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

rrobledo

12/16/2009

code Z25 (KZ25)

The FAA uses Z14 for Tripod Airport, Aleknagik, AK

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