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KF53 ·

Franklin County Airport

33.21540°N
-95.23740°W
ARR / DAY
1
14.3%
DEP / DAY
0
33.3%

Franklin County Airport (KF53) is a small general aviation airport located in Mount Vernon, TX, 60 mi north of Tyler. It features 1 runway measuring 3,900 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPRX, 32 mi away (KF53 does not publish METAR)

32m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
9 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPRX 140955Z AUTO 19009KT 10SM CLR 27/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP155 T02720222

Runways

1 installed

3,900 FT MAX
13/31
3,900 ft × 60
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

13
74% of ops
28 land · 0 TO
31
26% of ops
10 land · 9 TO
Runway 13 carries 74% of operations (28 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

13 28 landings
UA 0%
31 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 28 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
1.2
flights/day · 37 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (1.2 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 34 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
UNICOM 123.000
OTHER 132.025
CUMBY RC 132.025
OTHER 317.750
CUMBY RC 317.750
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Mag var:
6° E
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