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6FL8 ·

Ames Field

29.58750°N

-82.87120°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 66.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGNV, 37 mi away (6FL8 does not publish METAR)

18m ago

Temp

82°F

Wind

10 kts

300°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGNV 121553Z 30010KT 10SM CLR 28/16 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02780161

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

79% of ops

27 land · 0 TO

21% of ops

7 land · 0 TO

Runway 36 carries 79% of operations (27 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

36 27 landings

UA 0%

18 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 27 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

1.2

flights/day · 35 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 7pm · 6pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (1.6 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 33 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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