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Fairfield Municipal Airport

38.37860°N
-88.41270°W
ARR / DAY
1
14.3%
DEP / DAY
0
83.3%

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

2h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
4 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KFWC 281455Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A3014 RMK AO2 T02550178

Runway intelligence

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

09
80% of ops
24 land · 2 TO
36
17% of ops
5 land · 2 TO
18
3% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
27
0% of ops
0 land · 2 TO
Runway 09 carries 80% of operations (24 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

09 24 landings
UA 0%
36 5 landings
UA 0%
18 1 landings
UA 0%
27 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 24 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
1.2
flights/day · 36 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 10pm · 12am
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–6pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.6 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 36 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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