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Litchfield Municipal Airport

39.16250°N
-89.67460°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲ 29.6%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 36.8%

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 4 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

1h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K3LF 112215Z AUTO 22005KT 10SM CLR 28/12 A2996 RMK AO2 T02810121

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

09
32% of ops
40 land · 7 TO
36
30% of ops
38 land · 17 TO
27
23% of ops
29 land · 14 TO
18
14% of ops
18 land · 16 TO
Runway 09 carries 32% of operations (40 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

09 40 landings
UA 5%
36 38 landings
UA 5%
27 29 landings
UA 3%
18 18 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 40 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
6.3
flights/day · 190 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.5× weekday (11.6 vs 4.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

33 · 22%
15 · 10%
13 · 9%
12 · 8%
12 · 8%
10 · 7%
Activity is led by (22% of 152 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
4/16/2026
Nice airport
Drop point for Shauna and Jeffery Hocket. My Lifeline passengers from KMLE returning home after Cancer Treatment.
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