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Litchfield Municipal Airport

39.16250°N
-89.67460°W
ARR / DAY
5
350.0%
DEP / DAY
2
220.0%

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 5 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
K3LF 122355Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3013 RMK AO2 T02760173 10290 20270

Runway intelligence

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

09
38% of ops
72 land · 13 TO
27
27% of ops
51 land · 32 TO
36
24% of ops
46 land · 22 TO
18
11% of ops
21 land · 31 TO
Runway 09 carries 38% of operations (72 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 72 landings
UA 1%
27 51 landings
UA 0%
36 46 landings
UA 0%
18 21 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 09 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 72 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
3.7
flights/day · 111 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 9pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (4.1 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (11% of 99 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

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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