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K28J ·

Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field

29.65860°N
-81.68890°W
ARR / DAY
26
16.1%
DEP / DAY
19
35.7%

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 26 arrivals and 19 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K28J 150915Z AUTO 31004KT 7SM SCT003 23/23 A3013 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

27
23% of ops
266 land · 28 TO
30
23% of ops
261 land · 6 TO
35
18% of ops
201 land · 14 TO
24
11% of ops
123 land · 17 TO
17
10% of ops
111 land · 30 TO
09
6% of ops
71 land · 42 TO
Runway 27 carries 23% of operations (266 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

27 266 landings
UA 0%
30 261 landings
UA 0%
35 201 landings
UA 1%
24 123 landings
UA 0%
17 111 landings
UA 0%
09 71 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 266 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
29.5
flights/day · 885 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 11am · 12pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 29.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (20.9 vs 34.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (57% of 786 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 118.175
APCH 338.250
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.925
PALATKA 122.300
OTHER 122.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
5° W
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
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