Frederick Municipal
FDK · KFDK · Frederick, Maryland · Frederick County · map
Frederick Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Frederick in Frederick, Maryland, 309 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,819 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFDK · observed 3:47 pm EDT (19:47 UTC), 8 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 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 KFDK 061947Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/02 A3014
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 FDK · ICAO KFDK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Frederick
- Elevation
- 309 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 600 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2003
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,819 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,599 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 23: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), trees 100 ft high 4,859 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 132.4 | Frederick |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.875 | Frederick |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 126.9 | Frederick |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 127.425 | Frederick |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (CONLE) · Departure procedure (TERPZ) | 126.1 | Frederick |
| Trstn and star | 126.75 | Frederick |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 301-600-1457.
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 Frederick from the FAA register
100 aircraft are registered to owners in Frederick, Maryland: 75 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 gliders, 5 piston twins, 4 business jets. 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 Maryland.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 39 since 1982, 4 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.
- Activate odals runway 23; runway end identifier lights runway 12, 23 and 30; PAPI runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude - 600 above ground level helicopter, 1100 above ground level sngl and light twins, 1600 above ground level large twins and jets.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator) unatndd on christmas day.
- Self serve 100LL available H24 with credit card.
- -15 feet depression 400 feet long; 246 feet L of centerline; parallel to approach end.
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.