Airports / 6FL3 / Payson Ranch AirportModerate ground coverage

📍 Punta Gorda⬆ 62 ft1 runways

6FL3 ·

Payson Ranch Airport

26.93730°N

-81.56700°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 38.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 42.9%

Payson Ranch Airport (6FL3) is a small general aviation airport located in Punta Gorda, FL, 35 mi north east of Cape Coral. It features 1 runway measuring 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KRSW, 30 mi away (6FL3 does not publish METAR)

31m ago

Temp

82°F

Wind

5 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRSW 140753Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02780244

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX

01/19

4,000 ft × 50

ASPH○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

53% of ops

79 land · 4 TO

47% of ops

69 land · 2 TO

Runway 01 carries 53% of operations (79 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

01 79 landings

UA 3%

19 69 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 01 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 79 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

3.1

flights/day · 92 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 2pm · 3pm

Day vs night

87%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.0 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 78 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZMA
Elevation:: 62 ft
Mag var:: 3° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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