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Abilene Municipal Airport

38.90410°N
-97.23590°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

Abilene Municipal Airport (K78) is a small general aviation airport located in Abilene, KS, 84 mi north of Wichita. It features 1 runway measuring 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From K9K7, 55 mi away (K78 does not publish METAR)

48m ago
Temp
102°F
Wind
16 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K9K7 031915Z AUTO 19016G21KT 10SM CLR 39/17 A2985 RMK AO2 PK WND 18026/59

Runways

1 installed

4,100 FT MAX
17/35
4,100 ft × 75
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

35
51% of ops
121 land · 55 TO
17
49% of ops
115 land · 151 TO
Runway 35 carries 51% of operations (121 landings, 55 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

35 121 landings
UA 2%
17 115 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 121 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
7.3
flights/day · 220 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 7.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.8 vs 8.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 219 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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