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KF53 ·

Franklin County Airport

33.21540°N

-95.23740°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Franklin County Airport (KF53) is a small general aviation airport located in Mount Vernon, TX, 60 mi north of Tyler. It features 1 runway measuring 3,900 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KSLR, 23 mi away (KF53 does not publish METAR)

57m ago

Temp

82°F

Wind

7 kts

190°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KSLR 040415Z AUTO 19007KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2995 RMK AO2 T02800206 PWINO

Runways

1 installed

3,900 FT MAX

13/31

3,900 ft × 60

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

74% of ops

34 land · 0 TO

26% of ops

12 land · 7 TO

Runway 13 carries 74% of operations (34 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

13 34 landings

UA 0%

31 12 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 34 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

1.4

flights/day · 41 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 2pm · 5pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.5 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

15 · 39%

3 · 8%

2 · 5%

Activity is led by (39% of 38 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	123.000	—
UNICOM	123.000	—
OTHER	132.025	—
CUMBY RC	132.025	—
OTHER	317.750	—
CUMBY RC	317.750	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZFW
Mag var:: 6° E

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