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📍 Fort Collins/Loveland⬆ 5,016 ft2 runways
KFNL · FNL

Northern Colorado Regional Airport

40.45180°N
-105.01100°W
ARR / DAY
49
▲ 3.0%
DEP / DAY
75
▲ 9.9%

Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL/FNL) is a small general aviation airport located in Fort Collins/Loveland, CO. It features 2 runways with the longest being 8,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 49 arrivals and 75 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KFNL 312356Z 22005KT 10SM FEW075 OVC110 28/07 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02830067 10317 20272 56007 $

Runway intelligence

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

15
82% of ops
1,188 land · 1,148 TO
33
16% of ops
227 land · 309 TO
24
1% of ops
21 land · 36 TO
06
0% of ops
6 land · 5 TO
Runway 15 carries 82% of operations (1,188 landings, 1,148 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

15 1,188 landings
UA 8%
33 227 landings
UA 6%
24 21 landings
UA 24%
06 6 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 15 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (92 UA events from 1,188 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
84.5
flights/day · 2,534 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 84.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (87.8 vs 87.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 2,201 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 118.400 —
TWR 118.400 1500-0100Z++
GND 121.650 1500-0100Z++
ATIS 135.075 1500-0100Z++
APCH 134.850 —
APCH 251.125 —
AWOS 135.075 —
LCL/P 118.400 1500-0100Z++
OTHER 119.300 —
TOMSN ST 119.300 —
OTHER 120.250 —
CD/P 120.250 —
OTHER 120.350 —
DANDD ST 120.350 —
LARKS 120.350 —
POWDR ST 120.350 —
QUAIL ST 120.350 —
RAMMS ST 120.350 —
OTHER 122.400 —
FORT COL 122.400 —
OTHER 127.050 —
BRNKO RN 127.050 —
OTHER 307.300 —
TOMSN ST 307.300 —
OTHER 363.250 —
BRNKO RN 363.250 —
OTHER 379.300 —
DANDD ST 379.300 —
LARKS ST 379.300 —
POWDR ST 379.300 —
QUAIL ST 379.300 —
RAMMS ST 379.300 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Mag var:
9° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 257 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Cpfau182
11/4/2014
First Long Cross Country
Karen, Dad and Fern 1979. Cece Reed was flying there.
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