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Freeman Field

39.04330°N
-96.84330°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 6.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 13.3%

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 KFRI, 4 mi away (K3JC does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
100°F
Wind
13 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KFRI 021755Z AUTO 21013KT 10SM CLR 38/18 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP112 T03760175 10378 20239 58009 $

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
49% of ops
39 land · 1 TO
05
33% of ops
26 land · 0 TO
13
6% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
23
5% of ops
4 land · 11 TO
31
4% of ops
3 land · 1 TO
18
3% of ops
2 land · 41 TO
Runway 36 carries 49% of operations (39 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

36 39 landings
UA 0%
05 26 landings
UA 4%
13 5 landings
UA 0%
23 4 landings
UA 0%
31 3 landings
UA 0%
18 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 39 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 · 132 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm 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

32 · 26%
29 · 24%
9 · 7%
8 · 7%
7 · 6%
7 · 6%
Activity is led by (26% of 121 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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