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Capital City Airport

38.18250°N
-84.90470°W
ARR / DAY
1
93.7%
DEP / DAY
1
87.3%

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 5,006 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
Visib
Ceil
METAR KFFT 260253Z AUTO A3001 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// 55000 PWINO PNO $

Runways

1 installed

5,006 FT MAX
07/25
5,006 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

24
67% of ops
346 land · 345 TO
06
30% of ops
155 land · 125 TO
25
3% of ops
14 land · 16 TO
07
1% of ops
5 land · 3 TO
Runway 24 carries 67% of operations (346 landings, 345 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

24 346 landings
UA 12%
06 155 landings
UA 17%
25 14 landings
UA 21%
07 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (40 UA events from 346 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
10.0
flights/day · 300 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 10.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (7.9 vs 11.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 207 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 11:26 UTC