Capital City Airport
FFT · KFFT · Frankfort, Kentucky · Franklin County · map
Capital City Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southwest of Frankfort, Kentucky, 812 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 5,506 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KFFT · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KFFT 061953Z AUTO A3007 RMK AO2 SLPNO PWINO FZRANO PNO $
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 FFT · ICAO KFFT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 812 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1954
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,506 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 58 ft high 1,684 ft from the end
- Runway 25: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 1,721 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.65 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.75 | |
| Fft and vor | 109.4 | |
| Fft and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 502-227-5087.
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 Frankfort from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Frankfort, Kentucky: 21 piston singles, 12 helicopters, 3 drones, 3 balloons, 2 piston twins. 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 Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 1 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
- Caution: daniel boone helicopter 1/2 NM north of runway 25 threshold; military helicopter traffic operations north of runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 25; PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI runway 25 unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Military helicopter use right base to runway 25.
- Pvt AP with grass runway located 3/4 NM northwest of runway 07 threshold.
- Noise abatement procedures: runway 7 depg aircraft mntn runway hdg to 1800 feet above sea level bfr turning.
- Military: arng operations - uhf frequency 226.55
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.