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Essex Skypark Airport

39.26260°N
-76.43300°W
ARR / DAY
4
33.3%
DEP / DAY
3
8.7%

Essex Skypark Airport (W48) is a small general aviation airport located in Baltimore, MD. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KAPG, 20 mi away (W48 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KAPG 031155Z COR AUTO 00000KT 7SM FEW004 SCT007 BKN060 23/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP182 P0004 60012 70047 T02290227 10240 20228 51009 COR 1158

Runway intelligence

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

34
58% of ops
114 land · 15 TO
16
42% of ops
83 land · 37 TO
Runway 34 carries 58% of operations (114 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

34 114 landings
UA 21%
16 83 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 34 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 114 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
6.1
flights/day · 184 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 6.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (6.6 vs 6.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 164 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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