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K28J ·

Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field

29.65860°N
-81.68890°W
ARR / DAY
23
5.2%
DEP / DAY
13
64.8%

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 5,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 23 arrivals and 13 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K28J 201755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 33/26 A3002 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW

Runway intelligence

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

27
26% of ops
176 land · 34 TO
30
19% of ops
132 land · 6 TO
35
16% of ops
112 land · 6 TO
24
12% of ops
82 land · 15 TO
17
9% of ops
62 land · 9 TO
09
8% of ops
54 land · 22 TO
Runway 27 carries 26% of operations (176 landings, 34 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

27 176 landings
UA 0%
30 132 landings
UA 0%
35 112 landings
UA 4%
24 82 landings
UA 0%
17 62 landings
UA 0%
09 54 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 176 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
30.2
flights/day · 907 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 11am
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 11am–1pm local, averaging 30.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (23.5 vs 34.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (58% of 797 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

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