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📍 Canon⬆ 890 ft1 runways

K18A ·

Franklin County Airport

34.34010°N

-83.13350°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago

Temp

88°F

Wind

3 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K18A 040015Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 31/22 A3002 RMK AO2 T03100218

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

71% of ops

94 land · 2 TO

29% of ops

38 land · 2 TO

Runway 08 carries 71% of operations (94 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

08 94 landings

UA 0%

26 38 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 94 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

3.8

flights/day · 114 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 6pm · 12pm

Day vs night

72%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (4.6 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 100 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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