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USAF Academy Airfield

38.96970°N
-104.81300°W
ARR / DAY
35
▼ 25.5%
DEP / DAY
36
▼ 31.3%

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 35 arrivals and 36 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

2h ago
Temp
41°F
Wind
8 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAFF 200755Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM FEW100 05/M01 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP176 T00471009 PWINO $

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
27% of ops
635 land · 1,138 TO
34R
22% of ops
507 land · 869 TO
09
21% of ops
478 land · 7 TO
16C
17% of ops
385 land · 5 TO
34C
8% of ops
187 land · 6 TO
27
2% of ops
52 land · 9 TO
Runway 16L carries 27% of operations (635 landings, 1,138 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 34R at 22%.

Approach quality

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

16L 635 landings
UA 9%
34R 507 landings
UA 14%
09 478 landings
UA 1%
16C 385 landings
UA 12%
34C 187 landings
UA 13%
27 52 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 16L show a 9% unstable-approach rate (54 UA events from 635 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
70.8
flights/day · 2,123 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 70.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (32.5 vs 88.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

612 · 29%
528 · 25%
357 · 17%
311 · 15%
104 · 5%
62 · 3%
Activity is led by (29% of 2,112 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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

peak 12 PM · 1 movement every 300 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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