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6FL8 ·

Ames Field

29.58750°N

-82.87120°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 14.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 200.0%

Ames Field (6FL8) is a small general aviation airport located in Trenton, FL, 33 mi west of Gainesville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

2,600 FT MAX

18/36

2,600 ft × 75

TURF-G○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

92% of ops

146 land · 0 TO

8% of ops

12 land · 0 TO

Runway 36 carries 92% of operations (146 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 8%.

Approach quality

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

36 146 landings

UA 3%

18 12 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 146 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

1.8

flights/day · 54 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 12pm · 3pm

Day vs night

72%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.0 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 53 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZJX
Elevation:: 64 ft
Mag var:: 2° W

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