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K18A ·

Franklin County Airport

34.34010°N
-83.13350°W
ARR / DAY
2
18.8%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

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 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
97°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K18A 012115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 36/18 A3006 RMK AO2 T03570179

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

08
73% of ops
51 land · 1 TO
26
27% of ops
19 land · 1 TO
Runway 08 carries 73% of operations (51 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

08 51 landings
UA 0%
26 19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 51 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)
1pm
also 12pm · 3pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (4.5 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 85 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
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