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Fairfield County Airport

39.75560°N
-82.65710°W
ARR / DAY
26
31.4%
DEP / DAY
34
28.2%

Fairfield County Airport (KLHQ) is a small general aviation airport located in Lancaster, OH, 23 mi south east of Columbus. It features 1 runway measuring 5,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 26 arrivals and 34 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
9 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KLHQ 291453Z AUTO 01009G19KT 10SM SCT035 23/16 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02280161 51016

Runways

1 installed

5,003 FT MAX
10/28
5,003 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

28
89% of ops
1,802 land · 2,144 TO
10
11% of ops
214 land · 173 TO
Runway 28 carries 89% of operations (1,802 landings, 2,144 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 11%.

Approach quality

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

28 1,802 landings
UA 3%
10 214 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 28 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (53 UA events from 1,802 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
39.3
flights/day · 1,179 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 39.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (28.8 vs 45.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 1,135 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 132.300
APCH 134.000
APCH 279.600
UNICOM 122.725
ASOS 118.375
CD/P 121.650
OTHER 121.650
CLASS C/ 132.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 15:36 UTC