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Franklin County Airport

33.21540°N
-95.23740°W
ARR / DAY
1
125.0%
DEP / DAY
0
50.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPRX, 32 mi away (KF53 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
7 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPRX 031155Z AUTO 12007KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 6//// 7//// T02390217 10261 20233 53003

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

13
74% of ops
35 land · 0 TO
31
26% of ops
12 land · 7 TO
Runway 13 carries 74% of operations (35 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 35 landings
UA 0%
31 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 35 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 · 42 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (1.5 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 39 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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