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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
40
2.4%
DEP / DAY
53
5.6%

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 40 arrivals and 53 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFNL 131356Z 00000KT 10SM FEW110 21/14 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02060139 $

Runway intelligence

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

15
51% of ops
1,402 land · 1,110 TO
33
48% of ops
1,330 land · 1,735 TO
24
1% of ops
18 land · 18 TO
06
0% of ops
12 land · 2 TO
Runway 15 carries 51% of operations (1,402 landings, 1,110 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 48%.

Approach quality

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

15 1,402 landings
UA 5%
33 1,330 landings
UA 8%
24 18 landings
UA 22%
06 12 landings
UA 33%
Approaches to 15 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (70 UA events from 1,402 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
70.6
flights/day · 2,118 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
85%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 70.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (59.8 vs 78.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 1,811 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 8 AM · 1 movement every 277 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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