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Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field

29.65860°N
-81.68890°W
ARR / DAY
23
83.7%
DEP / DAY
8
47.4%

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 23 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
6 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K28J 121935Z AUTO 30006KT 10SM FEW055 34/23 A2998 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NE

Runway intelligence

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

30
25% of ops
373 land · 5 TO
27
24% of ops
357 land · 72 TO
35
19% of ops
273 land · 16 TO
24
10% of ops
151 land · 19 TO
17
8% of ops
119 land · 32 TO
09
5% of ops
77 land · 43 TO
Runway 30 carries 25% of operations (373 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

30 373 landings
UA 1%
27 357 landings
UA 0%
35 273 landings
UA 0%
24 151 landings
UA 0%
17 119 landings
UA 0%
09 77 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 373 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
29.4
flights/day · 881 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 11am · 12pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 29.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (20.9 vs 34.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (60% of 780 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:19 UTC