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KMIT · MIT

Shafter Airport - Minter Field

35.50740°N
-119.19200°W
ARR / DAY
5
12.5%
DEP / DAY
9
20.8%

Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT/MIT) is a small general aviation airport located in Shafter, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBFL, 9 mi away (KMIT does not publish METAR)

41m ago
Temp
94°F
Wind
8 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 182054Z 28008KT 10SM CLR 34/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP134 T03440094 56017

Runway intelligence

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

12
44% of ops
96 land · 24 TO
30
26% of ops
57 land · 17 TO
35
23% of ops
51 land · 5 TO
17
7% of ops
16 land · 21 TO
Runway 12 carries 44% of operations (96 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

12 96 landings
UA 9%
30 57 landings
UA 7%
35 51 landings
UA 14%
17 16 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 12 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 96 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
12.2
flights/day · 366 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 12.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (12.5 vs 12.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (59% of 324 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
APCH 126.450
APCH 270.300
AWOS 121.125
BAKERSFI 127.100
OTHER 127.100
BAKERSFI 317.700
OTHER 317.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
13° E
Fuel:
100LL

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
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