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KMIT · MIT

Shafter Airport - Minter Field

35.50740°N
-119.19200°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼ 36.5%
DEP / DAY
9
▲ 4.8%

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 5 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

34m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBFL 200154Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP089 T02390078

Runway intelligence

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

30
33% of ops
61 land · 49 TO
12
33% of ops
61 land · 13 TO
35
22% of ops
40 land · 6 TO
17
12% of ops
22 land · 12 TO
Runway 30 carries 33% of operations (61 landings, 49 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

30 61 landings
UA 11%
12 61 landings
UA 10%
35 40 landings
UA 8%
17 22 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 30 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 61 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
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 12.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (15.0 vs 12.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 332 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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