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Franklin Field

38.30490°N
-121.43000°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Franklin Field (KF72) is a small general aviation airport located in Franklin, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,123 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

From KMHR, 19 mi away (KF72 does not publish METAR)

59m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
6 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMHR 050155Z AUTO 22006KT 9SM CLR 24/04 A2989 RMK AO2 T02400038 $

Runways

2 installed

3,123 FT MAX
09/27
3,031 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit
18/36
3,123 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

27
41% of ops
346 land · 442 TO
18
39% of ops
325 land · 181 TO
09
11% of ops
94 land · 24 TO
36
8% of ops
71 land · 2 TO
Runway 27 carries 41% of operations (346 landings, 442 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

27 346 landings
UA 9%
18 325 landings
UA 32%
09 94 landings
UA 12%
36 71 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 27 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (31 UA events from 346 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
11.3
flights/day · 338 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 6pm · 9pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 11.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (9.2 vs 12.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

71 · 24%
42 · 14%
37 · 12%
34 · 11%
24 · 8%
19 · 6%
Activity is led by (24% of 300 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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WestSacRob
02/02/2008
This is the "training airport" for the KSAC flight schools
This airport is about 10 nm S of KSAC. This is where the pilots flying out of KSAC (including me) go to practice touch-and-go's, emergency landings and so forth. It can be quite busy on VFR weekends.
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