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Freeman Field

39.04330°N
-96.84330°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲ 63.6%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 33.3%

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 3 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)

36m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
5 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMHK 281750Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A3013 RMK T02900180 MADISHF

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
48% of ops
36 land · 1 TO
05
33% of ops
25 land · 0 TO
23
8% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
13
7% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
31
4% of ops
3 land · 1 TO
18
0% of ops
0 land · 31 TO
Runway 36 carries 48% of operations (36 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 36 landings
UA 3%
05 25 landings
UA 8%
23 6 landings
UA 0%
13 5 landings
UA 0%
31 3 landings
UA 0%
18 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 36 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
4.5
flights/day · 134 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 4.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (6.4 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

42 · 34%
29 · 24%
8 · 7%
8 · 7%
6 · 5%
5 · 4%
Activity is led by (34% of 122 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)

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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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