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Franklin County Airport

34.34010°N
-83.13350°W
ARR / DAY
5
16.7%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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 5 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15h 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

08
71% of ops
95 land · 2 TO
26
29% of ops
38 land · 2 TO
Runway 08 carries 71% of operations (95 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 95 landings
UA 0%
26 38 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 95 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 · 115 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 1.2× 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 101 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 15:22 UTC