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) and about 60 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 3 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 39,216 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Capital City Airport?
Its FAA code is FFT, and its ICAO code is KFFT.
Where is Capital City Airport?
It is 1 mile southwest of Frankfort, Kentucky, 812 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Capital City Airport?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 5,506 feet long, asphalt.
Does Capital City Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Capital City Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Capital City Airport?
Airline flights go to 2 airports, the busiest of them Boca Raton, Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Capital City Airport?
10 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Capital City Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Blue Grass Airport (17 nm southeast), Georgetown-Scott County Regional (22 nm east), Gallatin County (30 nm north).
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 Kentucky · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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
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
- Looking…
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 2 departures from FFT in those twelve months, carrying 6 passengers in 16 seats (38% filled), to 2 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital City → Boca Raton FFT–BCT | 1 | 6 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Capital City → Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal FFT–BMI | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 2 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 43 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 7 |
| other | 4 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 39,216, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,570 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,196 |
| general aviation, local | 10,450 |
| military | 5,000 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot; 10 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 27 aircrew program designees.
- Jw Lynn private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Lexington, KY (17 nm) · (859) 583-3361 · [email protected]
- Paul Skjeveland private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Deer Run Airpark · Campbellsburg, KY (24 nm) · (507) 382-2742 · [email protected]
- Wayne Lee Sherman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Lancaster, KY (35 nm) · (630) 248-1452 · [email protected]
- James Kiper private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Louisville Aviation/Air Base One · Louisville, KY (39 nm) · (502) 552-0078 · [email protected]
- Matthew Ryan Torgerson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, balloons · Louisville, KY (39 nm) · (502) 445-7947 · [email protected]
- Randall Sizemore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Air Base 4 · Louisville, KY (39 nm) · (502) 291-6971 · [email protected]
- Stephen Michael Graham private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kentucky Flight Training Center · Louisville, KY (39 nm) · (502) 641-2738 · [email protected]
- William Robert Mcdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kentucky Flight Training Center · Louisville, KY (39 nm) · (954) 325-8775 · [email protected]
All 52 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
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 · 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. 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 Frankfort 47 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 12 helicopters, 3 drones
- Kentucky State Police 11 aircraft in town
- Commonwealth of Kentucky 4 aircraft in town
- Kentucky Transportation Cabinet 3 aircraft in town
- Kentucky Aviation Solutions LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kentucky 702 since 1982 · 112 in the last ten years
- Boca Raton (BCT) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal (BMI) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kentucky 60 landing places
- Kentucky 2,984 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FFT.json.
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 27, 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.