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Capital City Airport

38.18250°N
-84.90470°W
ARR / DAY
8
1.7%
DEP / DAY
8
13.7%

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 8 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
Visib
Ceil
METAR KFFT 020253Z AUTO A3007 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 53007 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

24
35% of ops
183 land · 190 TO
25
34% of ops
177 land · 171 TO
07
16% of ops
85 land · 84 TO
06
15% of ops
77 land · 75 TO
Runway 24 carries 35% of operations (183 landings, 190 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

24 183 landings
UA 14%
25 177 landings
UA 19%
07 85 landings
UA 14%
06 77 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 24 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (25 UA events from 183 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
15.4
flights/day · 463 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 15.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (12.2 vs 17.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 297 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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