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KF53 ·

Franklin County Airport

33.21540°N

-95.23740°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 14.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

77% of ops

20 land · 0 TO

23% of ops

6 land · 9 TO

Runway 13 carries 77% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

13 20 landings

UA 0%

31 6 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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

1.1

flights/day · 33 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 5pm

Day vs night

82%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.2 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 32 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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