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KMIT · MIT

Shafter Airport - Minter Field

35.50740°N
-119.19200°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
8
30.0%

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 3 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)

22m ago
Temp
85°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 231854Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 29/13 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02940133 $

Runway intelligence

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

12
39% of ops
239 land · 105 TO
30
30% of ops
186 land · 19 TO
35
25% of ops
152 land · 1 TO
17
7% of ops
42 land · 33 TO
Runway 12 carries 39% of operations (239 landings, 105 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

12 239 landings
UA 2%
30 186 landings
UA 2%
35 152 landings
UA 6%
17 42 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 12 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 239 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
18.2
flights/day · 546 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 18.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (17.4 vs 19.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (75% of 496 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 19:16 UTC