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K18A ·

Franklin County Airport

34.34010°N

-83.13350°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 55.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 57.1%

Franklin County Airport (K18A) is a small general aviation airport located in Canon, GA, 30 mi north east of Athens. It features 1 runway measuring 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11m ago

Temp

46°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K18A 110815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/06 A3004 RMK AO2 T00780063

Runways

1 installed

5,000 FT MAX

08/26

5,000 ft × 75

ASPH-F● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

64% of ops

64 land · 14 TO

36% of ops

36 land · 14 TO

Runway 08 carries 64% of operations (64 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

08 64 landings

UA 0%

26 36 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 64 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

6.4

flights/day · 191 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 2pm · 5pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.8 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 166 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.900	—
AWOS	118.625	—
ATHENS R	127.500	—
OTHER	127.500	—
ATHENS R	316.050	—
OTHER	316.050	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Mag var:: 5° W
Fuel:: 100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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