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K18A ·

Franklin County Airport

34.34010°N
-83.13350°W
ARR / DAY
3
38.5%
DEP / DAY
0
71.4%

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 3 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
4 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K18A 121415Z AUTO 27004KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3004 RMK AO2 T02560217

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

08
75% of ops
86 land · 2 TO
26
25% of ops
28 land · 6 TO
Runway 08 carries 75% of operations (86 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

08 86 landings
UA 0%
26 28 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 86 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 11pm · 2pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (2.0 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 76 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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
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