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Capital City Airport

38.18250°N
-84.90470°W
ARR / DAY
4
40.0%
DEP / DAY
4
34.2%

Capital City Airport (KFFT/FFT) is a small general aviation airport located in Frankfort, KY, 26 mi west of Lexington-Fayette. It features 1 runway measuring 5,006 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14m ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
Visib
Ceil
METAR KFFT 212353Z AUTO A2997 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 56007 PWINO PNO $

Runways

1 installed

5,006 FT MAX
07/25
5,006 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

25
35% of ops
152 land · 140 TO
24
22% of ops
99 land · 90 TO
06
22% of ops
97 land · 105 TO
07
21% of ops
92 land · 100 TO
Runway 25 carries 35% of operations (152 landings, 140 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

25 152 landings
UA 21%
24 99 landings
UA 23%
06 97 landings
UA 9%
07 92 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 25 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (32 UA events from 152 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
14.9
flights/day · 447 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 14.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (9.4 vs 17.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 273 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 120.750
APCH 298.900
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 119.275
OTHER 109.400
FFT VOR 109.400
OTHER 118.650
CD/P 118.650
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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