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3FK ·

Franklin Flying Field

39.42640°N

-86.05830°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 83.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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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

82% of ops

73 land · 0 TO

18% of ops

16 land · 11 TO

Runway 21 carries 82% of operations (73 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

21 73 landings

UA 21%

03 16 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 21 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 73 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

1.6

flights/day · 48 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 5pm · 11pm

Day vs night

62%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–11pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.5 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 47 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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