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Franklin Regional Airport

36.69810°N
-76.90380°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 71.4%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 90.9%

Franklin Regional Airport (KFKN/FKN) is a small general aviation airport located in Franklin, VA, 33 mi south west of Newport News. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,977 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFKN 200035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/05 A3023 RMK AO2 T00890047

Runway intelligence

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

27
63% of ops
22 land · 1 TO
32
17% of ops
6 land · 1 TO
14
14% of ops
5 land · 4 TO
09
6% of ops
2 land · 5 TO
Runway 27 carries 63% of operations (22 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

27 22 landings
UA 0%
32 6 landings
UA 0%
14 5 landings
UA 0%
09 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 22 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
1.9
flights/day · 58 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (1.4 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 55 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 127.900 —
APCH 269.425 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 124.675 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL
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