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Franklin Regional Airport

36.69810°N
-76.90380°W
ARR / DAY
2
7.7%
DEP / DAY
1
100.0%

Franklin Regional Airport (KFKN/FKN) is a small general aviation airport located in Franklin, VA, 33 mi south west of Newport News. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,977 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
8 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFKN 201255Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM SCT011 28/24 A3000 RMK AO2 T02770236

Runway intelligence

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

27
57% of ops
29 land · 0 TO
32
25% of ops
13 land · 4 TO
14
12% of ops
6 land · 3 TO
09
6% of ops
3 land · 10 TO
Runway 27 carries 57% of operations (29 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

27 29 landings
UA 0%
32 13 landings
UA 15%
14 6 landings
UA 0%
09 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 29 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
2.3
flights/day · 69 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 1pm · 7pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.2 vs 2.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 68 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.900
APCH 269.425
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.675
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL
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