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KFKN · FKN

Franklin Regional Airport

36.69810°N
-76.90380°W
ARR / DAY
2
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
11.1%

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

8m ago
Temp
Wind
4 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFKN 040515Z AUTO 23004KT 10SM CLR A2999 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

27
61% of ops
56 land · 2 TO
32
25% of ops
23 land · 8 TO
14
9% of ops
8 land · 7 TO
09
5% of ops
5 land · 24 TO
Runway 27 carries 61% of operations (56 landings, 2 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 56 landings
UA 4%
32 23 landings
UA 17%
14 8 landings
UA 0%
09 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 56 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
3.0
flights/day · 89 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.0 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 89 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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