📍 Fairbury⬆ 1,479 ft2 runways
KFBY · FBY
Fairbury Municipal Airport
40.18300°N
-97.16930°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼
37.5%
DEP / DAY
1
▼
50.0%
Fairbury Municipal Airport (KFBY/FBY) is a small general aviation airport located in Fairbury, NE, 50 mi south west of Lincoln. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,700 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
Current weather
From KLNK, 51 mi away (KFBY does not publish METAR)
Temp
73°F
Wind
13 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
17
58% of ops
14 land · 8 TO
35
25% of ops
6 land · 4 TO
11
12% of ops
3 land · 2 TO
29
4% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 17 carries 58% of operations (14 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 25%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
17
14 landings
UA 7%
35
6 landings
UA 0%
11
3 landings
UA 0%
29
1 landings
UA 100%
Approaches to 17 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (1 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
1.6
flights/day · 48 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 12pm · 2pm
Day vs night
52%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.700 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| OTHER | 126.400 | — |
| MARYSVIL | 126.400 | — |
| OTHER | 293.000 | — |
| FBY NDB | 293.000 | — |
| OTHER | 317.700 | — |
| MARYSVIL | 317.700 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZMP
- Mag var:
- 6° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
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