Franklin Field
F72 · Franklin, California · Sacramento County · map
Franklin Field is a public-use airport owned by Sacramento County, 4 miles southeast of Franklin, California, 23 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 3,123 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA F72
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sacramento County
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,123 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 09/27 | 3,031 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Franklin from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Franklin, CA as the owner's town.
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- All runways ltd to 12,500 pounds gross weight.
- Office at Sacramento executive airport.
- Sacramento executive airport.
- Monitor 122.9 within 5 miles. Extensive student training in area.
- Calm wind runway 18.
- Avoid overflight of detention facility on east side of airport except in emergency.
- Conduct helicopter training north of runway 09 and west of runway 36.
- Ultralights activity in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway B closed permanently.
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.