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KMIT · MIT

Shafter Airport - Minter Field

35.50740°N
-119.19200°W
ARR / DAY
6
24.1%
DEP / DAY
11
11.8%

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 6 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

51m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBFL 022254Z AUTO 31007KT 10SM CLR 28/09 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 T02780089

Runway intelligence

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

12
47% of ops
129 land · 37 TO
30
23% of ops
64 land · 13 TO
35
22% of ops
60 land · 20 TO
17
8% of ops
21 land · 21 TO
Runway 12 carries 47% of operations (129 landings, 37 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

12 129 landings
UA 12%
30 64 landings
UA 0%
35 60 landings
UA 13%
17 21 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 12 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 129 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
15.2
flights/day · 456 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 15.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (15.4 vs 15.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (62% of 404 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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