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Litchfield Municipal Airport

39.16250°N
-89.67460°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 53.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 11.1%

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 2 arrivals and 2 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

4h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
6 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K3LF 070335Z AUTO 06006KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A3006 RMK AO2 T02170125

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
34% of ops
62 land · 29 TO
27
28% of ops
50 land · 25 TO
18
19% of ops
35 land · 21 TO
09
19% of ops
34 land · 13 TO
Runway 36 carries 34% of operations (62 landings, 29 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

36 62 landings
UA 3%
27 50 landings
UA 36%
18 35 landings
UA 6%
09 34 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 36 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 62 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
5.4
flights/day · 162 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 5.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 3.2× weekday (11.1 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

35 · 25%
19 · 14%
10 · 7%
8 · 6%
8 · 6%
8 · 6%
Activity is led by (25% of 138 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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