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K28J ·
Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field
29.65860°N
-81.68890°W
ARR / DAY
37
▲
120.7%
DEP / DAY
26
▲
93.5%
Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field (K28J) is a small general aviation airport located in Palatka, FL, 38 mi east of Gainesville. It features 4 runways with the longest being 5,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 37 arrivals and 26 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
61°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
35
19% of ops
129 land · 9 TO
27
19% of ops
127 land · 26 TO
30
19% of ops
127 land · 5 TO
24
18% of ops
119 land · 10 TO
09
9% of ops
63 land · 65 TO
17
9% of ops
59 land · 15 TO
Runway 35 carries 19% of operations (129 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 19%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
35
129 landings
UA 0%
27
127 landings
UA 0%
30
127 landings
UA 0%
24
119 landings
UA 1%
09
63 landings
UA 0%
17
59 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 129 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
34.3
flights/day · 1,029 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-10-29| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 118.175 | — |
| APCH | 338.250 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| AWOS | 119.925 | — |
| OTHER | 122.300 | — |
| PALATKA | 122.300 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZJX
- Mag var:
- 5° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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