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Franklin Flying Field

39.42640°N
-86.05830°W
ARR / DAY
0
62.5%
DEP / DAY
1
14.3%

Franklin Flying Field (3FK) is a small general aviation airport located in Franklin, IN, 24 mi south of Indianapolis. It features 1 runway measuring 2,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KIND, 24 mi away (3FK does not publish METAR)

27m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
3 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KIND 210954Z 35003KT 10SM CLR 19/18 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01890178

Runways

1 installed

2,400 FT MAX
03/21
2,400 ft × 35
ASPH-G● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

21
80% of ops
33 land · 0 TO
03
20% of ops
8 land · 15 TO
Runway 21 carries 80% of operations (33 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

21 33 landings
UA 33%
03 8 landings
UA 50%
Approaches to 21 show a 33% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 33 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
2.5
flights/day · 74 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.5 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 74 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
07/24/2007
Home Sweet home!!!!!!!!!
This is my home airport, not to busy and not so empty that it makes you sad. There is flight training on the field and also a jump school. Avg as only, but who would lad a jet on 2300' of runway anyway? Come on down to 3fk and see us sometime.
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