Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch
AFN · KAFN · Jaffrey, New Hampshire · Cheshire County · map
Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch is a public-use airport owned by Jaffrey Muni Arpt Dev CORP, 1 mile southeast of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 1,040 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,982 feet of asphalt and grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KAFN · observed 3:52 pm EDT (19:52 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 9 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 57°F (14°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAFN 061952Z AUTO 28009G18KT 10SM CLR 14/M03 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01391028 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AFN · ICAO KAFN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Jaffrey Muni Arpt Dev CORP
- Elevation
- 1,040 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,982 × 134 ft | Asphalt and grass, excellent | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: trees 41 ft high 409 ft from the end
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 582 ft, trees 67 ft high 401 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Gardner and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.75 | |
| Afn and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.875 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 603-532-6195.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Jaffrey from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Jaffrey, New Hampshire: 8 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New Hampshire.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Established prior 1959.
- Ultralight act on airport.
- Tgls prohibited.
- First 582 feet runway 34 not lighted.
- +6 feet trrn/trees 50 feet from threshold rising to +45 feet 200 feet from threshold.
- Non-standard centerline and dthr.
- Approach slp 20:1 to dthr.
- 45 feet rising trrn/trees 200+ feet from threshold.
- 50 feet cntr ptn of entr runway is asphalt, rmng 42 feet per side is grass/gravel for entr runway length.
- Parl taxiway serves hngr/ramp only - no aces to runway 34.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Calm wind runway is runway 34.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.