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Litchfield Municipal Airport

39.16250°N
-89.67460°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 75.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 73.9%

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 1 arrivals and 1 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
75°F
Wind
3 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR K3LF 260255Z AUTO 13003KT 7SM SCT035 BKN044 24/23 A2998 RMK AO2 T02380228

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
68 land · 22 TO
27
28% of ops
63 land · 34 TO
09
25% of ops
56 land · 17 TO
18
17% of ops
37 land · 12 TO
Runway 36 carries 30% of operations (68 landings, 22 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 68 landings
UA 0%
27 63 landings
UA 0%
09 56 landings
UA 11%
18 37 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 68 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
4.1
flights/day · 122 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (6.0 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

13 · 13%
12 · 12%
11 · 11%
9 · 9%
8 · 8%
8 · 8%
Activity is led by (13% of 103 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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