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Litchfield Municipal Airport

39.16250°N
-89.67460°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼ 29.6%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 36.8%

Litchfield Municipal Airport (K3LF) is a small general aviation airport located in Litchfield, IL, 44 mi south of Springfield. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,003 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

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
9 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K3LF 171835Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM BKN038 BKN047 25/17 A3009 RMK AO2 T02540169

Runways

2 installed

4,003 FT MAX
09/27
3,901 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18/36
4,003 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
44% of ops
68 land · 10 TO
27
22% of ops
34 land · 29 TO
18
18% of ops
27 land · 16 TO
09
16% of ops
25 land · 19 TO
Runway 36 carries 44% of operations (68 landings, 10 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

36 68 landings
UA 1%
27 34 landings
UA 29%
18 27 landings
UA 0%
09 25 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 36 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 68 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
4.3
flights/day · 129 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 6pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (6.0 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

26 · 26%
6 · 6%
6 · 6%
6 · 6%
6 · 6%
5 · 5%
Activity is led by (26% of 101 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 124.200 —
APCH 353.900 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.175 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
1° 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
4/16/2026
Nice airport
Drop point for Shauna and Jeffery Hocket. My Lifeline passengers from KMLE returning home after Cancer Treatment.
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