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USAF Academy Airfield

38.96970°N
-104.81300°W
ARR / DAY
12
▼ 45.5%
DEP / DAY
15
▼ 44.9%

USAF Academy Airfield (KAFF/AFF) is a small general aviation airport located in Colorado Springs, CO. It features 4 runways with the longest being 4,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 15 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

24m ago
Temp
50°F
Wind
8 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAFF 132355Z AUTO 15008KT 10SM CLR 10/M03 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP108 T01031034 10154 20103 56007

Runways

4 installed

4,500 FT MAX
08/26
2,153 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
16C/34C
4,500 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
16L/34R
3,500 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit
16R/34L
4,500 ft × 40
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

16L
34% of ops
616 land · 1,062 TO
09
20% of ops
366 land · 2 TO
34R
19% of ops
350 land · 506 TO
16C
16% of ops
288 land · 5 TO
34C
5% of ops
83 land · 1 TO
16R
3% of ops
51 land · 23 TO
Runway 16L carries 34% of operations (616 landings, 1,062 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

16L 616 landings
UA 11%
09 366 landings
UA 1%
34R 350 landings
UA 13%
16C 288 landings
UA 14%
34C 83 landings
UA 17%
16R 51 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 16L show a 11% unstable-approach rate (70 UA events from 616 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
54.6
flights/day · 1,637 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 9pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 54.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (11.8 vs 73.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

426 · 26%
361 · 22%
288 · 18%
258 · 16%
68 · 4%
61 · 4%
Activity is led by (26% of 1,630 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 124.150 —
TWR 124.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
TWR 319.250 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
GND 118.125 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
ATIS 128.525 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
ATIS 269.375 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
EMERG 121.500 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
LCL/P 124.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
OPS 127.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
OTHER 127.150 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
EMERG 243.000 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
LCL/P 319.250 OPR SR OR 1245Z++ (WHICHEVER IS LATER) TO SS MON-FRI, 1430Z++ TO 2130Z++ SAT, EXCLUDING SUN AND HOL.
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Elevation:
6,576 ft
Mag var:
11° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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