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📍 Fort Collins/Loveland⬆ 5,016 ft2 runways
KFNL · FNL

Northern Colorado Regional Airport

40.45180°N
-105.01100°W
ARR / DAY
37
4.4%
DEP / DAY
45
7.1%

Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL/FNL) is a small general aviation airport located in Fort Collins/Loveland, CO. It features 2 runways with the longest being 8,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 37 arrivals and 45 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
9 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFNL 070056Z 17009KT 10SM CLR 33/04 A3009 RMK AO2 WSHFT 0014 SLP111 T03280044 $

Runway intelligence

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

15
62% of ops
743 land · 703 TO
33
30% of ops
359 land · 334 TO
24
5% of ops
64 land · 27 TO
06
2% of ops
23 land · 16 TO
Runway 15 carries 62% of operations (743 landings, 703 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

15 743 landings
UA 14%
33 359 landings
UA 7%
24 64 landings
UA 5%
06 23 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 15 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (105 UA events from 743 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
62.9
flights/day · 1,887 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 62.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (66.9 vs 64.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 1,611 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 118.400
TWR 118.400 1500-0100Z++
GND 121.650 1500-0100Z++
ATIS 135.075 1500-0100Z++
APCH 134.850
APCH 251.125
AWOS 135.075
LCL/P 118.400 1500-0100Z++
TOMSN ST 119.300
OTHER 119.300
CD/P 120.250
OTHER 120.250
QUAIL ST 120.350
DANDD ST 120.350
LARKS 120.350
OTHER 120.350
RAMMS ST 120.350
POWDR ST 120.350
FORT COL 122.400
OTHER 122.400
BRNKO RN 127.050
OTHER 127.050
TOMSN ST 307.300
OTHER 307.300
BRNKO RN 363.250
OTHER 363.250
POWDR ST 379.300
OTHER 379.300
RAMMS ST 379.300
DANDD ST 379.300
QUAIL ST 379.300
LARKS ST 379.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
9° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

1
Cpfau182
11/04/2014
First Long Cross Country
Karen, Dad and Fern 1979. Cece Reed was flying there.
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