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Franklin Flying Field

39.42640°N
-86.05830°W
ARR / DAY
2
15.0%
DEP / DAY
2
85.7%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

31m ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
5 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBAK 032055Z 24005KT 10SM CLR 35/20 A2997

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
91% of ops
77 land · 0 TO
03
9% of ops
8 land · 20 TO
Runway 21 carries 91% of operations (77 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 9%.

Approach quality

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

21 77 landings
UA 27%
03 8 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 21 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 77 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)
3pm
also 7pm · 6pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.1 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 90 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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