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USAF Academy Airfield

38.96970°N
-104.81300°W
ARR / DAY
41
▼ 25.7%
DEP / DAY
44
▼ 27.7%

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 41 arrivals and 44 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

From KCOS, 13 mi away (KAFF does not publish METAR)

23m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
29 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KCOS 302154Z 26029G38KT 10SM TS SQ FEW080CB BKN110 OVC200 25/07 A3015 RMK AO2 PK WND 25038/2150 TSB50 SLP123 OCNL LTGICCG VC W TS VC W MOV NE SH VC W T02500067 $

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
434 land · 691 TO
34R
23% of ops
406 land · 816 TO
16C
16% of ops
288 land · 8 TO
09
14% of ops
250 land · 10 TO
34C
11% of ops
200 land · 12 TO
08
4% of ops
70 land · 1 TO
Runway 16L carries 24% of operations (434 landings, 691 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34R at 23%.

Approach quality

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

16L 434 landings
UA 9%
34R 406 landings
UA 12%
16C 288 landings
UA 15%
09 250 landings
UA 1%
34C 200 landings
UA 24%
08 70 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16L show a 9% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 434 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
53.6
flights/day · 1,608 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
88%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 53.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (25.2 vs 67.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

437 · 27%
403 · 25%
271 · 17%
227 · 14%
79 · 5%
71 · 4%
Activity is led by (27% of 1,605 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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