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73FD ·

Brookins Air Strip

29.51080°N

-82.86010°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Brookins Air Strip (73FD) is a small general aviation airport located in Chiefland, FL, 34 mi west of Gainesville. It features 1 runway measuring 2,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KGNV, 37 mi away (73FD does not publish METAR)

1h ago

Temp

83°F

Wind

10 kts

290°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGNV 121253Z 29010G15KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02830250

Runways

1 installed

2,400 FT MAX

18/36

2,400 ft × 100

TURF○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

92% of ops

24 land · 0 TO

8% of ops

2 land · 6 TO

Runway 36 carries 92% of operations (24 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 24 landings

UA 0%

18 2 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 24 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

0.7

flights/day · 22 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 3pm · 12pm

Day vs night

68%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 0.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (0.9 vs 0.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 21 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZJX
Elevation:: 45 ft
Mag var:: 2° W

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