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Palatka Municipal - Lt. Kay Larkin Field

29.65860°N
-81.68890°W
ARR / DAY
24
30.2%
DEP / DAY
15
50.7%

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 24 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
4 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR K28J 160655Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM BKN025 26/24 A3015 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

27
24% of ops
195 land · 49 TO
30
18% of ops
144 land · 13 TO
35
16% of ops
132 land · 18 TO
24
15% of ops
124 land · 17 TO
17
9% of ops
77 land · 16 TO
09
9% of ops
73 land · 47 TO
Runway 27 carries 24% of operations (195 landings, 49 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

27 195 landings
UA 0%
30 144 landings
UA 1%
35 132 landings
UA 5%
24 124 landings
UA 1%
17 77 landings
UA 1%
09 73 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 195 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
29.9
flights/day · 897 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 11am · 2pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 29.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (36.0 vs 29.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 762 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 17:41 UTC