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Freeman Field

39.04330°N
-96.84330°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 30.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 38.9%

Freeman Field (K3JC) is a small general aviation airport located in Junction City, KS, 63 mi west of Topeka. It features 3 runways with the longest being 3,498 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KMHK, 11 mi away (K3JC does not publish METAR)

22m ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
6 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMHK 022352Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 35/18 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP091 T03500178 10389 20350 56011

Runways

3 installed

3,498 FT MAX
05/23
1,834 ft × 200
GRS○ unlit
13/31
1,903 ft × 140
GRS○ unlit
18/36
3,498 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
50% of ops
51 land · 1 TO
05
31% of ops
31 land · 0 TO
13
8% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
23
5% of ops
5 land · 8 TO
31
5% of ops
5 land · 2 TO
18
1% of ops
1 land · 49 TO
Runway 36 carries 50% of operations (51 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

36 51 landings
UA 0%
05 31 landings
UA 6%
13 8 landings
UA 0%
23 5 landings
UA 0%
31 5 landings
UA 0%
18 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 51 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
4.4
flights/day · 131 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 4.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (6.0 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

35 · 29%
30 · 25%
9 · 8%
8 · 7%
8 · 7%
7 · 6%
Activity is led by (29% of 120 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 121.250 —
APCH 269.050 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
MANHATTA 127.350 —
OTHER 127.350 —
MANHATTA 257.975 —
OTHER 257.975 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
5° E
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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
08/31/2021
Nice Older Airport
3 runways 2 grass 1 cement look to be in good shape. Went down to work on an irrigation engine. Was a sign on nice big hanger “for sale or rent” I would love to have it at home.
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