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KFKN · FKN

Franklin Regional Airport

36.69810°N
-76.90380°W
ARR / DAY
1
10.0%
DEP / DAY
1
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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFKN 281735Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM BKN055 BKN070 OVC090 28/21 A2975 RMK AO2 T02750211

Runway intelligence

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

27
56% of ops
59 land · 4 TO
14
19% of ops
20 land · 2 TO
32
16% of ops
17 land · 3 TO
09
9% of ops
9 land · 28 TO
Runway 27 carries 56% of operations (59 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

27 59 landings
UA 0%
14 20 landings
UA 0%
32 17 landings
UA 0%
09 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 59 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
2.6
flights/day · 77 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.8 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 74 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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