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Capital City Airport

38.18250°N
-84.90470°W
ARR / DAY
5
22.7%
DEP / DAY
4
20.5%

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 5 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22h ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
Visib
Ceil
METAR KFFT 130253Z AUTO A2991 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 55000 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

24
46% of ops
366 land · 369 TO
06
28% of ops
222 land · 216 TO
25
16% of ops
125 land · 105 TO
07
10% of ops
83 land · 93 TO
Runway 24 carries 46% of operations (366 landings, 369 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

24 366 landings
UA 20%
06 222 landings
UA 12%
25 125 landings
UA 23%
07 83 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 24 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (72 UA events from 366 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
16.4
flights/day · 493 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 16.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (10.8 vs 19.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 292 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
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