FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 07 AUGUST 2025
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 (757-684-3011) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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. |
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 07 August 2025 at 0901Z to 04 September 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09 | |
download (169KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27 | |
download (189KB) |
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 |
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Photo taken 25-Jun-2011
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 09-Aug-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:53 | | 09:53 |
Sunrise | | 06:21 | | 10:21 |
Sunset | | 20:05 | | 00:05 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:33 | | 00:33 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 09-Aug-2025 05:36:43 |
Local (UTC-4) | 09-Aug-2025 01:36:43 |
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METAR |
KFKN | 090515Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3019 RMK AO2 T01750161
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KAKQ 18nm N | 090454Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 17/17 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01720172 402610172
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TAF |
KFAF 28nm NE | 090200Z 0902/1008 05006KT 9999 FEW030 QNH3016INS BECMG 0913/0914 05012KT 9999 SCT030 QNH3016INS TX27/0919Z TN20/0910Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 0903 NEXT 1110
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KPHF 32nm NE | 081759Z 0818/0918 04009KT P6SM SCT024 BKN035 TEMPO 0818/0820 BKN025 FM082100 06010KT P6SM BKN040 FM090300 VRB04KT P6SM SCT050 FM091500 04009KT P6SM SKC
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KNGU 33nm NE | 0823/0923 07012G20KT 9999 FEW025 SCT100 BKN250 QNH3013INS BECMG 0901/0903 05008KT 9999 FEW035 SCT070 SCT250 QNH3014INS FM090900 03009KT 9999 FEW020 SCT050 BKN250 QNH3015INS TEMPO 0909/0915 04011G18KT SCT015 BKN025 BKN120 FM092000 06011G18KT 9999 FEW025 SCT110 SCT200 QNH3016INS TX27/0920Z TN21/0910Z FN00062
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KLFI 34nm NE | 082030Z 0820/0923 06015G20KT 9999 BKN020 BKN030 BKN160 QNH3013INS BECMG 0905/0906 06012G18KT 9999 BKN015 OVC020 QNH3014INS BECMG 0917/0918 05010G15KT 9999 FEW020 SCT045 QNH3018INS TX26/0917Z TN21/0910Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 0820 NEXT 0907
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