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KMIT · MIT

Shafter Airport - Minter Field

35.50740°N
-119.19200°W
ARR / DAY
5
24.0%
DEP / DAY
8
17.4%

Shafter Airport - Minter Field (KMIT/MIT) is a small general aviation airport located in Shafter, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KBFL, 9 mi away (KMIT does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
8 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 290225Z AUTO 31008KT 8SM CLR 29/14 A2988 RMK T02900140 MADISHF

Runway intelligence

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

12
43% of ops
71 land · 20 TO
35
25% of ops
42 land · 11 TO
30
25% of ops
41 land · 8 TO
17
7% of ops
12 land · 15 TO
Runway 12 carries 43% of operations (71 landings, 20 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

12 71 landings
UA 13%
35 42 landings
UA 12%
30 41 landings
UA 2%
17 12 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 12 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 71 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
12.8
flights/day · 383 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 12.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (11.9 vs 13.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (57% of 339 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
APCH 126.450
APCH 270.300
AWOS 121.125
BAKERSFI 127.100
OTHER 127.100
BAKERSFI 317.700
OTHER 317.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
13° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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