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3FK ·

Franklin Flying Field

39.42640°N

-86.05830°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KBAK, 14 mi away (3FK does not publish METAR)

40m ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

5 kts

50°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KBAK 062345Z 05005KT 10SM CLR 23/14 A2999

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

90% of ops

81 land · 0 TO

10% of ops

9 land · 18 TO

Runway 21 carries 90% of operations (81 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 10%.

Approach quality

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

21 81 landings

UA 27%

03 9 landings

UA 22%

Approaches to 21 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 81 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

3.2

flights/day · 95 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 6pm

Day vs night

66%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.2 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 91 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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