Massive sim slowdown on approach to KMLB

I’ve seen it happen in an unusual place, KEVY (Summit Airport; Middletown, DE. This is a small airport with one paved and one turf runway. There are no buildings on the airport, nor any other concentration of structures that would tax system resources. Yet when approaching the airport, my frame rates drop to slide show speeds until flying clear of the area. Then performance returns to normal.