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KJNX ·

Johnston County Airport

35.54090°N
-78.39030°W
ARR / DAY
23
8.1%
DEP / DAY
31
6.3%

Johnston County Airport (KJNX) is a small general aviation airport located in Smithfield, NC, 21 mi south east of Raleigh. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 23 arrivals and 31 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KJNX 280515Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM SCT065 22/22 A2998 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,500 FT MAX
03/21
5,500 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

03
62% of ops
527 land · 216 TO
21
38% of ops
323 land · 579 TO
Runway 03 carries 62% of operations (527 landings, 216 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

03 527 landings
UA 2%
21 323 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 03 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 527 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
49.9
flights/day · 1,497 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 49.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (39.4 vs 56.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 1,043 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 125.300
APCH 353.675
UNICOM 122.725
AWOS 120.225
APT REMA 135.075
OTHER 135.075
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Elevation:
164 ft
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 05:03 UTC