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Franklin Regional Airport

36.69810°N
-76.90380°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFKN 270255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/19 A2990 RMK AO2 T02200190

Runway intelligence

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

27
60% of ops
76 land · 6 TO
14
22% of ops
28 land · 3 TO
32
12% of ops
15 land · 1 TO
09
6% of ops
8 land · 33 TO
Runway 27 carries 60% of operations (76 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

27 76 landings
UA 0%
14 28 landings
UA 0%
32 15 landings
UA 0%
09 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 76 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
2.0
flights/day · 60 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
90%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.5 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 60 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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