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Capital City Airport

38.18250°N
-84.90470°W
ARR / DAY
6
10.0%
DEP / DAY
6
18.9%

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 6 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil
METAR KFFT 122253Z AUTO A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE-SW TSE2157 SLPNO 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
43% of ops
369 land · 369 TO
06
31% of ops
261 land · 255 TO
25
14% of ops
123 land · 104 TO
07
11% of ops
96 land · 106 TO
Runway 24 carries 43% of operations (369 landings, 369 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

24 369 landings
UA 20%
06 261 landings
UA 11%
25 123 landings
UA 23%
07 96 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 24 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (72 UA events from 369 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
17.2
flights/day · 515 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 17.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (10.8 vs 20.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 307 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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