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Litchfield Municipal Airport

39.16250°N
-89.67460°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 70.6%
DEP / DAY
3
▲ 166.7%

Litchfield Municipal Airport (K3LF) is a small general aviation airport located in Litchfield, IL, 44 mi south of Springfield. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

54m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
4 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K3LF 271315Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3005 RMK AO2 T01950174

Runways

2 installed

4,003 FT MAX
09/27
3,901 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18/36
4,003 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
30% of ops
30 land · 13 TO
27
24% of ops
24 land · 18 TO
18
24% of ops
24 land · 9 TO
09
21% of ops
21 land · 10 TO
Runway 36 carries 30% of operations (30 landings, 13 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

36 30 landings
UA 3%
27 24 landings
UA 33%
18 24 landings
UA 4%
09 21 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 36 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 30 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
4.6
flights/day · 138 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 9pm · 10pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (6.8 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

29 · 24%
14 · 12%
8 · 7%
7 · 6%
6 · 5%
6 · 5%
Activity is led by (24% of 119 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 124.200 —
APCH 353.900 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.175 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
1° E
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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
04/16/2026
Nice airport
Drop point for Shauna and Jeffery Hocket. My Lifeline passengers from KMLE returning home after Cancer Treatment.
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