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6FL8 ·

Ames Field

29.58750°N

-82.87120°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 25.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Ames Field (6FL8) is a small general aviation airport located in Trenton, FL, 33 mi west of Gainesville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGNV, 37 mi away (6FL8 does not publish METAR)

1h ago

Temp

78°F

Wind

4 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGNV 240453Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM FEW005 26/24 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02560244 403060239

Runways

1 installed

2,600 FT MAX

18/36

2,600 ft × 75

TURF-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

85% of ops

29 land · 0 TO

15% of ops

5 land · 0 TO

Runway 36 carries 85% of operations (29 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

36 29 landings

UA 0%

18 5 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 29 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

1.2

flights/day · 36 total

Busy hour (local)

9pm

also 2pm · 1pm

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–9pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.1 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 35 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZJX
Elevation:: 64 ft
Mag var:: 2° W

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