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KFFT · FFT

Capital City Airport

38.18250°N
-84.90470°W
ARR / DAY
8
▲ 7.5%
DEP / DAY
7
▼ 12.3%

Capital City Airport (KFFT/FFT) is a small general aviation airport located in Frankfort, KY, 26 mi west of Lexington-Fayette. It features 1 runway measuring 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
43°F
Wind
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Visib
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Ceil
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METAR KFFT 302353Z AUTO A3001 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 54000 PWINO PNO $

Runways

1 installed

5,005 FT MAX
06/24
5,005 ft × 100
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

07
53% of ops
158 land · 151 TO
25
47% of ops
139 land · 137 TO
Runway 07 carries 53% of operations (158 landings, 151 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

07 158 landings
UA 7%
25 139 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 07 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 158 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
15.1
flights/day · 452 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 15.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (11.5 vs 17.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 265 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 120.750 —
APCH 298.900 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 119.275 —
OTHER 109.400 —
FFT VOR 109.400 —
OTHER 118.650 —
CD/P 118.650 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 21:30 UTC