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79KY ·

Lucas Field

37.87130°N

-84.61050°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

48m ago

Temp

92°F

Wind

3 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KLEX 162154Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 33/19 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP238 T03330194

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

56% of ops

20 land · 8 TO

44% of ops

16 land · 3 TO

Runway 27 carries 56% of operations (20 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

27 20 landings

UA 10%

09 16 landings

UA 12%

Approaches to 27 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 20 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

1.7

flights/day · 52 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 12am · 9pm

Day vs night

60%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.9 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 50 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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