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USAF Academy Airfield

38.96970°N
-104.81300°W
ARR / DAY
46
▼ 6.4%
DEP / DAY
49
▼ 7.1%

USAF Academy Airfield (KAFF/AFF) is a small general aviation airport located in Colorado Springs, CO. It features 4 runways with the longest being 4,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 46 arrivals and 49 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
1
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
6 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAFF 010255Z 06006KT 10SM BKN100 BKN120 18/12 A3024 RMK AO2A SHRAB01E33 SLP156 P0000 60000 T01770115 53019

Runways

4 installed

4,501 FT MAX
09/27
2,493 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
16C/34C
4,501 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
16L/34R
3,513 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
16R/34L
4,500 ft × 40
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

16L
24% of ops
465 land · 773 TO
34R
22% of ops
423 land · 860 TO
16C
17% of ops
333 land · 10 TO
09
15% of ops
283 land · 11 TO
34C
11% of ops
219 land · 13 TO
08
4% of ops
70 land · 1 TO
Runway 16L carries 24% of operations (465 landings, 773 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34R at 22%.

Approach quality

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

16L 465 landings
UA 8%
34R 423 landings
UA 13%
16C 333 landings
UA 15%
09 283 landings
UA 1%
34C 219 landings
UA 23%
08 70 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16L show a 8% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 465 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
57.9
flights/day · 1,737 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 57.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (25.0 vs 73.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

489 · 28%
442 · 26%
284 · 16%
233 · 13%
84 · 5%
83 · 5%
Activity is led by (28% of 1,733 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 124.150 —
TWR 124.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
TWR 319.250 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
GND 118.125 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
ATIS 128.525 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
ATIS 269.375 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
EMERG 121.500 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
LCL/P 124.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
OPS 127.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
OTHER 127.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
EMERG 243.000 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
LCL/P 319.250 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Elevation:
6,576 ft
Mag var:
11° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 300 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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