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KMIT · MIT

Shafter Airport - Minter Field

35.50740°N
-119.19200°W
ARR / DAY
5
25.5%
DEP / DAY
8
14.7%

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)

49m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
6 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 281354Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM CLR 23/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02280117

Runway intelligence

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

12
42% of ops
70 land · 19 TO
30
26% of ops
43 land · 8 TO
35
25% of ops
42 land · 11 TO
17
8% of ops
13 land · 16 TO
Runway 12 carries 42% of operations (70 landings, 19 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

12 70 landings
UA 13%
30 43 landings
UA 5%
35 42 landings
UA 12%
17 13 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 12 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 70 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
13.0
flights/day · 389 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 13.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (11.9 vs 14.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 345 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 14:43 UTC