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First Flight Airport

36.01820°N
-75.67130°W
ARR / DAY
3
▲ 31.3%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 36.8%

First Flight Airport (KFFA/FFA) is a small general aviation airport located in Kill Devil Hills, NC, 60 mi south of Virginia Beach. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
4 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFFA 012235Z AUTO 18004KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A3001 RMK AO2 T03000222

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
03/21
3,000 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

03
56% of ops
70 land · 38 TO
21
44% of ops
56 land · 75 TO
Runway 03 carries 56% of operations (70 landings, 38 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

03 70 landings
UA 16%
21 56 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 03 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 70 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
7.4
flights/day · 223 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (10.1 vs 6.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

51 · 28%
24 · 13%
18 · 10%
12 · 7%
9 · 5%
7 · 4%
Activity is led by (28% of 181 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900 —
APCH 124.725 —
APCH 350.350 —
AWOS 118.075 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
11° W

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

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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flybob
05/18/2009
First Flight Airport
You won't see the runway until on final, but the Wright Memorial is easy to see and about 300 yd east of the runway. Rolling out on 2 or 20 you are about 500ft from where it all began in December 1903. Every pilot should land here. A literally awesome place.
Komatoast
01/24/2009
Call Ahead
You should call ahead before flying in... no fuel available. Weather changes quickly -- no ASOS. Must register to park overnight, but stay is limited. No services available.
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