Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field satellite view
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K28J ·

Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field

29.65860°N
-81.68890°W
ARR / DAY
13
20.4%
DEP / DAY
7
9.4%

Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field (K28J) is a small general aviation airport located in Palatka, FL, 38 mi east of Gainesville. It features 4 runways with the longest being 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 13 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K28J 020015Z AUTO 06005KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3001 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

27
26% of ops
156 land · 34 TO
30
17% of ops
101 land · 7 TO
35
15% of ops
94 land · 13 TO
24
15% of ops
91 land · 15 TO
17
10% of ops
58 land · 9 TO
09
8% of ops
50 land · 21 TO
Runway 27 carries 26% of operations (156 landings, 34 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

27 156 landings
UA 0%
30 101 landings
UA 0%
35 94 landings
UA 6%
24 91 landings
UA 0%
17 58 landings
UA 0%
09 50 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 156 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
27.2
flights/day · 816 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 11am
Day vs night
88%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 11am–1pm local, averaging 27.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (25.5 vs 29.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 690 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.175
APCH 338.250
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.925
PALATKA 122.300
OTHER 122.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
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
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