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Franklin Flying Field

39.42640°N
-86.05830°W
ARR / DAY
0
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
0.0%

Franklin Flying Field (3FK) is a small general aviation airport located in Franklin, IN, 24 mi south of Indianapolis. It features 1 runway measuring 2,400 feet.

Current weather

From KIND, 24 mi away (3FK does not publish METAR)

57m ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
8 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KIND 271954Z 20008KT 10SM BKN030 BKN041 OVC200 31/24 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP096 T03110244

Runways

1 installed

2,400 FT MAX
03/21
2,400 ft × 35
ASPH-G● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

21
81% of ops
70 land · 0 TO
03
19% of ops
16 land · 11 TO
Runway 21 carries 81% of operations (70 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

21 70 landings
UA 21%
03 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 70 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
1.5
flights/day · 46 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 11pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–11pm local, averaging 1.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.2 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 45 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
07/24/2007
Home Sweet home!!!!!!!!!
This is my home airport, not to busy and not so empty that it makes you sad. There is flight training on the field and also a jump school. Avg as only, but who would lad a jet on 2300' of runway anyway? Come on down to 3fk and see us sometime.
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