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Fairbury Municipal Airport

40.18300°N
-97.16930°W
ARR / DAY
0
70.0%
DEP / DAY
0
95.2%

Fairbury Municipal Airport (KFBY/FBY) is a small general aviation airport located in Fairbury, NE, 50 mi south west of Lincoln. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,700 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

17
64% of ops
39 land · 1 TO
29
26% of ops
16 land · 0 TO
11
5% of ops
3 land · 8 TO
35
5% of ops
3 land · 28 TO
Runway 17 carries 64% of operations (39 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

17 39 landings
UA 0%
29 16 landings
UA 0%
11 3 landings
UA 0%
35 3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 39 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
1.7
flights/day · 51 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 11am · 4pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.5 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 51 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
UNICOM 122.700
OTHER 126.400
MARYSVIL 126.400
OTHER 293.000
FBY NDB 293.000
OTHER 317.700
MARYSVIL 317.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
6° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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