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Fairfield Municipal Airport

38.37860°N
-88.41270°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
85.7%

Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFWC) is a small general aviation airport located in Fairfield, IL, 54 mi north west of Evansville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,000 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
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFWC 271255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3000 RMK AO2 T02180183

Runway intelligence

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

09
72% of ops
23 land · 2 TO
36
19% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
18
9% of ops
3 land · 0 TO
27
0% of ops
0 land · 2 TO
Runway 09 carries 72% of operations (23 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

09 23 landings
UA 0%
36 6 landings
UA 0%
18 3 landings
UA 0%
27 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 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
1.3
flights/day · 38 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 10pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–10pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.6 vs 1.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 38 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 119.425
OTHER 127.700
MOUNT VE 127.700
OTHER 257.000
FWC NDB 257.000
OTHER 351.825
MOUNT VE 351.825
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL
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