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K18A ·

Franklin County Airport

34.34010°N

-83.13350°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 31.8%

DEP / DAY

▲ 120.0%

Franklin County Airport (K18A) is a small general aviation airport located in Canon, GA, 30 mi north east of Athens. It features 1 runway measuring 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4m ago

Temp

84°F

Wind

3 kts

270°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K18A 281535Z AUTO 27003KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A3007 RMK AO2 T02940223

Runways

1 installed

5,000 FT MAX

08/26

5,000 ft × 75

ASPH-F● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

70% of ops

48 land · 1 TO

30% of ops

21 land · 1 TO

Runway 08 carries 70% of operations (48 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

08 48 landings

UA 0%

26 21 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 48 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 · 96 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 11pm · 12pm

Day vs night

69%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.8 vs 3.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 87 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—
AWOS	118.625	—
ATHENS R	127.500	—
OTHER	127.500	—
ATHENS R	316.050	—
OTHER	316.050	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Mag var:: 5° W
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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