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79KY ·

Lucas Field

37.87130°N

-84.61050°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

61% of ops

38 land · 24 TO

39% of ops

24 land · 11 TO

Runway 09 carries 61% of operations (38 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

09 38 landings

UA 5%

27 24 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 09 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 38 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

2.1

flights/day · 63 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 2pm · 8pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 2.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.2 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 55 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
APCH	120.150	—
APCH	259.300	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZID
Mag var:: 5° W

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