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KFIT ·

Fitchburg Municipal Airport

42.55410°N
-71.75900°W
ARR / DAY
16
▼ 34.9%
DEP / DAY
11
▼ 49.4%

Fitchburg Municipal Airport (KFIT) is a small general aviation airport located in Fitchburg, MA, 20 mi north of Worcester. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 16 arrivals and 11 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
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
8 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFIT 272152Z AUTO 19008G20KT 10SM BKN065 26/15 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02560150

Runways

2 installed

5,001 FT MAX
02/20
3,504 ft × 75
ASP○ unlitCLOSED
14/32
5,001 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

32
73% of ops
704 land · 669 TO
14
21% of ops
201 land · 124 TO
02
4% of ops
41 land · 8 TO
20
2% of ops
23 land · 13 TO
Runway 32 carries 73% of operations (704 landings, 669 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

32 704 landings
UA 10%
14 201 landings
UA 15%
02 41 landings
UA 22%
20 23 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 32 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (68 UA events from 704 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
30.5
flights/day · 915 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 30.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (29.8 vs 32.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

302 · 39%
142 · 19%
55 · 7%
46 · 6%
29 · 4%
27 · 4%
Activity is led by (39% of 765 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 124.400 —
APCH 279.600 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
ASOS 135.175 —
OTHER 122.500 —
FITCHBUR 122.500 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
15° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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)

2
Anonymous
06/29/2019
NDB FIT 365khz OTS Perm
NDB FIT 365 kHz OTS 20Nov18. TBD 18Jul19.
Anonymous
07/23/2007
diner only
Good place to fly for soup or sandwich. Don't expect to find anybody in operations, or expect a cart to assist with your bags. Fuel ain't inexpensive either.
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