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Fairfield County Airport

39.75560°N
-82.65710°W
ARR / DAY
14
53.2%
DEP / DAY
17
50.0%

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 5,004 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 14 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

40m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
6 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
SPECI KLHQ 122009Z AUTO 27006KT 10SM -RA BKN029 22/19 A2998 RMK AO2 RAB05 P0000 T02170189

Runways

1 installed

5,004 FT MAX
10/28
5,004 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

28
85% of ops
2,082 land · 2,305 TO
10
15% of ops
375 land · 336 TO
Runway 28 carries 85% of operations (2,082 landings, 2,305 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

28 2,082 landings
UA 3%
10 375 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 28 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (53 UA events from 2,082 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
38.0
flights/day · 1,140 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 38.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (26.9 vs 44.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 1,087 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

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