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79KY ·

Lucas Field

37.87130°N

-84.61050°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 44.4%

DEP / DAY

▲ 100.0%

Lucas Field (79KY) is a small general aviation airport located in Nicholasville, KY. It features 1 runway measuring 5,488 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KLEX, 11 mi away (79KY does not publish METAR)

52m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

4 kts

160°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KLEX 020254Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 25/22 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02500217 53005 $

Runways

1 installed

5,488 FT MAX

09/27

5,488 ft × 100

CONC● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

54% of ops

14 land · 9 TO

46% of ops

12 land · 1 TO

Runway 27 carries 54% of operations (14 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

27 14 landings

UA 0%

09 12 landings

UA 17%

Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 14 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

1.7

flights/day · 51 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 2pm · 4pm

Day vs night

55%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (1.8 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 49 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
APCH	120.150	—
APCH	259.300	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZID
Mag var:: 5° W

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