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Lucas Field

37.87130°N
-84.61050°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 30.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 55.6%

Lucas Field (79KY) is a small general aviation airport located in Nicholasville, KY. It features 1 runway measuring 5,488 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KLEX, 11 mi away (79KY does not publish METAR)

44m ago
Temp
39°F
Wind
8 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLEX 130854Z 29008KT 10SM OVC019 04/01 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP103 T00390006 57001 $

Runways

1 installed

5,488 FT MAX
09/27
5,488 ft × 100
CONC● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

09
62% of ops
26 land · 7 TO
27
38% of ops
16 land · 25 TO
Runway 09 carries 62% of operations (26 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

09 26 landings
UA 31%
27 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 31% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 26 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
3.0
flights/day · 90 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 12am · 2pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–9pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.5 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 75 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
APCH 120.150 —
APCH 259.300 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
5° W
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