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73FD ·

Brookins Air Strip

29.51080°N

-82.86010°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

49m ago

Temp

78°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KGNV 140553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02560222 10294 20239 55006

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

88% of ops

23 land · 0 TO

12% of ops

3 land · 6 TO

Runway 36 carries 88% of operations (23 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

36 23 landings

UA 0%

18 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 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

0.8

flights/day · 23 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 3pm · 4pm

Day vs night

70%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 0.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (0.9 vs 0.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 22 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

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

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