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KFKN · FKN

Franklin Regional Airport

36.69810°N
-76.90380°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
100.0%

Franklin Regional Airport (KFKN/FKN) is a small general aviation airport located in Franklin, VA, 33 mi south west of Newport News. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,977 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
METAR KFKN 070955Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM CLR 22/22 A2998 RMK AO2 T02220215

Runway intelligence

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

27
50% of ops
30 land · 0 TO
14
22% of ops
13 land · 5 TO
32
15% of ops
9 land · 6 TO
09
13% of ops
8 land · 15 TO
Runway 27 carries 50% of operations (30 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

27 30 landings
UA 0%
14 13 landings
UA 0%
32 9 landings
UA 0%
09 8 landings
UA 0%GA 12.5%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 30 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
2.9
flights/day · 87 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.5 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 83 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.900
APCH 269.425
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 124.675
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL
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