Lafayette Municipal
3M7 · Lafayette, Tennessee · Macon County · map
Lafayette Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lafayette, 2 miles west of Lafayette, Tennessee, 969 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 27 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 10,340 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lafayette Municipal?
Its FAA code is 3M7.
Where is Lafayette Municipal?
It is 2 miles west of Lafayette, Tennessee, 969 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Lafayette Municipal?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,200 feet long, asphalt.
Does Lafayette Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lafayette Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lafayette Municipal?
14 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3M7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lafayette
- Elevation
- 969 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 3:00 pm; Saturday, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, 5,000 ft available for landing, tree 109 ft high 2,300 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, 5,000 ft available for landing, tree 37 ft high 1,016 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Allln Rnav Star · Approach and departure · Jning Rnav Star | 118.4 | |
| Bocfs Rnav Star · Hggrd Rnav Star · Preds Rnav Star | 119.35 | |
| 3M7 AWOS-3PT | 120.85 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Music City Executive (19 nm southwest), Douglas Hunter Field (21 nm west), Lebanon Municipal (23 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR operations only.
- Credit card service H24 available.
- 25:1 from dthr.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 23 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,340, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,000 |
| general aviation, local | 5,000 |
| military | 240 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Lafayette from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Lafayette, Tennessee: 11 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 10 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 14 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 training center examiners.
- Christopher Mark Williams private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Music City Airport (XNX) · Gallatin, TN (19 nm) · (334) 545-0661 · [email protected]
- Susan Wright private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Gallatin, TN (19 nm) · (615) 838-2848 · [email protected]
- Ralph Sammy Swift private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lebanon, TN (23 nm) · (615) 604-8557 · [email protected]
- Philip Paul Kuitems private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mt Juliet, TN (29 nm) · (704) 968-7788 · [email protected]
- Catherine Elizabeth Cavagnaro private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Smyrna, TN (38 nm) · (931) 636-8678 · [email protected]
- Christopher David Hardee private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smyrna Airport · Smyrna, TN (38 nm) · (615) 482-1592 · [email protected]
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smyrna/Rutherford Airport · Smyrna, TN (38 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- Grant Matthew Jarvis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Nashville International Airport · Nashville, TN (38 nm) · (303) 819-6244 · [email protected]
All 40 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Lafayette 15 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,522 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3M7.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.