FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024
Location
FAA Identifier: | FKN |
Lat/Long: | 36-42-01.0670N 076-54-07.6880W 36-42.017783N 076-54.128133W 36.7002964,-76.9021356 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 40.3 ft. / 12.3 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 09W (1985) |
From city: | 2 miles NE of FRANKLIN, VA |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 23851 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 08/1937 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | WASHINGTON CENTER |
FSS: | LEESBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | FKN (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0800-1700 |
Pattern altitude: | TPA LGT ACFT 800 FT, HVY ACFT 1500 FT. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL 09/27 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3PT: | 124.675 (757-562-8765) |
NORFOLK APPROACH: | 127.9 |
NORFOLK DEPARTURE: | 127.9 |
WX AWOS-3 at SFQ (15 nm E): | 119.375 (757-934-3942) |
WX ASOS at AKQ (18 nm N): | 128.325 (757-899-2300) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
FKNr108/5.4 | | FRANKLIN VORTAC | | 110.60 | | 09W |
CVIr005/19.7 | | COFIELD VORTAC | | 114.60 | | 09W |
ORFr258/35.6 | | NORFOLK VORTAC | | 116.90 | | 07W |
HPWr171/39.1 | | HOPEWELL VORTAC | | 114.35 | | 06W |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
WAKEFIELD | | 175/17.6 | | 274 | | 11W | | AKQ | .- -.- --.- |
WOODVILLE | | 322/39.2 | | 254 | | 10W | | LLW | .-.. .-.. .-- |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 9/27
Dimensions: | 4977 x 100 ft. / 1517 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 9 | | RUNWAY 27 |
Latitude: | 36-41.953348N | | 36-42.082180N |
Longitude: | 076-54.631108W | | 076-53.625160W |
Elevation: | 33.3 ft. | | 40.3 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 090 magnetic, 081 true | | 270 magnetic, 261 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) RWY 27 PAPI UNUSABLE BYD 1 NM FM THR. |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 28 ft. tree, 632 ft. from runway, 200 ft. right of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear | | 59 ft. tree, 1308 ft. from runway, 297 ft. left of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear 4 FT HIGH FENCE 139 FT FM RWY END, 242 FT L ON APCH. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | CITY OF FRANKLIN P O BOX 179 FRANKLIN, VA 23851 Phone 757-562-8561 |
Manager: | TREVELYN LINTON 32470 JOHN BEVERLY ROSE DR FRANKLIN, VA 23851 Phone 757-562-8764 CTC 757-562-8575 FOR AFTER HOUR EMERGENCIES. |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 12 | Single engine airplanes: | | 12 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 91/week * | 38% | transient general aviation | 30% | local general aviation | 28% | military | 4% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2021 | |
Additional Remarks
- | DEER ON AND INVOF ARPT. |
- | PSBL TFC FM THE SOUTHAMPTON MEMORIAL HELIPAD 2 NM W OF ARPT. |
- | DRAINAGE DITCHES NEXT TO RWY & TWYS. |
- | FOR CD CTC NORFOLK APCH AT 757-464-0757. |
- | ARPT FBO CLSD SAT AND SUN. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09 | |
download (232KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27 | |
download (225KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (130KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (382KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KSFQ - Suffolk Executive Airport (15 nm E)
KAKQ - Wakefield Municipal Airport (18 nm N)
KPVG - Hampton Roads Executive Airport (22 nm E)
KASJ - Tri-County Airport at Henry Joyner Field (27 nm SW)
KEMV - Emporia-Greensville Regional Airport (28 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo courtesy of AirNav, LLC
Photo taken 25-Jun-2011
looking south.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 29-Mar-2024
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:32 | | 10:32 |
Sunrise | | 06:58 | | 10:58 |
Sunset | | 19:27 | | 23:27 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:53 | | 23:53 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 29-Mar-2024 09:05:55 |
Local (UTC-4) | 29-Mar-2024 05:05:55 |
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METAR |
KFKN | 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR CLR 01/00 A2999 RMK AO2 T00070001
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KSFQ 15nm E | 290855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/03 A2998 RMK AO2 T00420032
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KAKQ 18nm N | 290854Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP154 T00280011 55002
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TAF |
KFAF 28nm NE | 282300Z 2823/2924 32012KT 9999 BKN070 QNH2983INS BECMG 2903/2904 30012G18KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2991INS BECMG 2905/2906 28015G25KT 9999 SKC QNH2992INS BECMG 2909/2910 29012G20KT 9999 SCT030 BKN040 QNH2986INS BECMG 2917/2918 30012KT 9999 SCT045 QNH2980INS TX16/2918Z TN04/2910Z
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KPHF 32nm NE | 290520Z 2906/3006 30010KT P6SM SKC FM291500 29015G22KT P6SM SCT060 FM292300 30008KT P6SM FEW200
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KNGU 33nm NE | 2907/3007 32013KT 9999 SKC QNH2990INS FM291200 27010KT 9999 BKN080 BKN140 QNH2997INS FM291500 27013KT 9999 SCT080 BKN100 QNH2986INS FM300000 29008KT 9999 SKC QNH2990NS TX14/2918Z TN05/2909Z FN00271
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KLFI 34nm NE | 290100Z 2901/3007 34009KT 9999 SCT030 BKN060 QNH2990INS BECMG 2904/2905 31012KT 9999 FEW040 SCT060 QNH2995INS BECMG 2913/2914 27012KT 9999 SCT040 BKN080 QNH3000INS BECMG 2922/2923 28009KT 9999 FEW060 SCT100 QNH2990INS TX15/2921Z TN05/2911Z
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NOTAMs |
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