Frederick Municipal Airport satellite view
📍 Frederick⬆ 303 ft2 runways
KFDK · FDK

Frederick Municipal Airport

39.41760°N
-77.37430°W
ARR / DAY
46
▼ 29.3%
DEP / DAY
43
▼ 33.3%

Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK/FDK) is a small general aviation airport located in Frederick, MD, 40 mi north of Arlington. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,220 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 46 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
8 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFDK 170655Z AUTO 31008KT 10SM OVC055 15/11 A2997 RMK AO2 RAE0605 P0000 T01530113

Runway intelligence

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

23
52% of ops
874 land · 994 TO
05
31% of ops
513 land · 289 TO
30
11% of ops
178 land · 131 TO
12
7% of ops
109 land · 4 TO
Runway 23 carries 52% of operations (874 landings, 994 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

23 874 landings
UA 2%
05 513 landings
UA 4%
30 178 landings
UA 5%
12 109 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 23 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 874 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
72.6
flights/day · 2,179 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 72.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (45.6 vs 86.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 1,590 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 132.400 —
TWR 132.400 0700-2100
GND 127.425 0700-2100
ATIS 124.875 0700-2100
APCH 126.100 —
APCH 338.250 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
OTHER 126.100 —
CONLE DP 126.100 —
TERPZ DP 126.100 —
OTHER 126.750 —
TRSTN ST 126.750 —
OTHER 126.900 —
CD/P 126.900 —
OTHER 127.425 0700-2100
CD/P 127.425 0700-2100
LCL/P 132.400 0700-2100
OTHER 307.200 —
TRSTN ST 307.200 —
OTHER 338.250 —
CONLE DP 338.250 —
TERPZ DP 338.250 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 360 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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