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K28J ·
Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field
29.65860°N
-81.68890°W
ARR / DAY
19
▲
8.2%
DEP / DAY
9
▼
7.7%
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 19 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
27
27% of ops
166 land · 36 TO
30
17% of ops
104 land · 8 TO
35
15% of ops
94 land · 9 TO
24
14% of ops
86 land · 16 TO
17
10% of ops
58 land · 9 TO
09
8% of ops
47 land · 20 TO
Runway 27 carries 27% of operations (166 landings, 36 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
166 landings
UA 0%
30
104 landings
UA 0%
35
94 landings
UA 5%
24
86 landings
UA 0%
17
58 landings
UA 0%
09
47 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 166 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
27.1
flights/day · 812 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 11am
Day vs night
87%
06:00–20:00 local
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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