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Franklin Regional Airport

36.69810°N
-76.90380°W
ARR / DAY
2
25.0%
DEP / DAY
2
50.0%

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 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

33m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
4 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFKN 012235Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM BKN070 BKN080 33/21 A2999 RMK AO2 T03320211

Runway intelligence

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

27
60% of ops
30 land · 1 TO
32
24% of ops
12 land · 5 TO
14
10% of ops
5 land · 3 TO
09
6% of ops
3 land · 12 TO
Runway 27 carries 60% of operations (30 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

27 30 landings
UA 3%
32 12 landings
UA 17%
14 5 landings
UA 0%
09 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 30 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.9 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 72 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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