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KMIT · MIT

Shafter Airport - Minter Field

35.50740°N
-119.19200°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼ 39.6%
DEP / DAY
10
▲ 11.1%

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 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

38m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
4 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 191925Z AUTO 30004KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A2992 RMK T02600080 VRB04KT MADISHF

Runway intelligence

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

12
34% of ops
62 land · 13 TO
30
31% of ops
58 land · 50 TO
35
23% of ops
42 land · 6 TO
17
12% of ops
23 land · 12 TO
Runway 12 carries 34% of operations (62 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

12 62 landings
UA 10%
30 58 landings
UA 12%
35 42 landings
UA 7%
17 23 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 12 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 62 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 · 385 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 12.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (15.8 vs 12.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 331 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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