Capital City Airport (Kentucky)
Capital City Airport (IATA: FFT, ICAO: KFFT, FAA LID: FFT) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, a city in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.[1] It is used mostly for general aviation and, to a limited extent, for military aviation.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Commonwealth of Kentucky | ||||||||||
| Serves | Frankfort, Kentucky | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 806 ft / 246 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°10′55″N 084°54′22″W | ||||||||||
| Website | cca.ky.gov | ||||||||||
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Facilities and aircraft
Capital City Airport covers an area of 375 acres (152 ha) at an elevation of 806 feet (246 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 5,900 by 100 feet (1,798 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 8, 2007, the airport had 34,200 aircraft operations, an average of 93 per day: 88% general aviation, 9% air taxi and 3% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 75% single-engine, 14% multi-engine and 11% helicopter.[1]
References
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for FFT PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
External links
- Capital City Airport, official site
- Aerial photo as of 11 March 1997 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for FFT, effective October 5, 2023
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FFT
- AirNav airport information for KFFT
- ASN accident history for FFT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures