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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 185 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 90,185 takeoffs and landings a year. About 22 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFDK · observed 1:47 pm EDT (17:47 UTC), 58 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 2 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 700 feet, overcast at 1,200 feet
- Weather: light rain, mist
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 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 111747Z 02011KT 2SM -RA BR BKN007 OVC012 15/15 A3001
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
3 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
- AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 26,000 ft.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent BE55 at 900 ft, 71 nm southeast, 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC): light turbulence, a broken layer above 900 ft.
- urgent LJ35 , 83 nm east, 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC): overcast above 500 ft.
- C414 at 700 ft, 0 nm south, 1:56 pm EDT (17:56 UTC): overcast above 700 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (PSB, 94 nm north), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 6,000 ft: 150° at 58 kt, 13 °C; 9,000 ft: 180° at 42 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 200° at 36 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 220° at 38 kt, -7 °C.
3 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8600 Sterling, VA, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 17 nm south · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow
- 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 22 nm southeast · security
- 6/8800 Baltimore, MD, Saturday, October 17, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 35 nm east · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Saturday 17 October
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2003
Runways 2
For understanding the field, 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 138 |
| multi-engine | 19 |
| jets | 17 |
| helicopters | 11 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 90,185, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,481 |
| general aviation, travelling | 34,192 |
| general aviation, local | 54,342 |
| military | 169 |
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.
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
99 aircraft are registered to owners in Frederick, Maryland: 74 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maryland.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Montgomery County Airpark (18 nm southeast), Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field (21 nm northeast), Leesburg Executive (22 nm southwest).
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 Maryland · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Frederick, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- M&J Aircraft Services LLC M&J Aircraft Services is a general aviation maintenance specialist located at Northeast Philadelphia Airport (KPNE) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Frederick, by their names on the register:
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association 2 aircraft
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association (M-Asa) 1 aircraft
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association INC 1 aircraft
- Mid-Atlantic Soaring Association INC 1 aircraft
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 43 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners, 9 administrative pilot examiners.
- Melissa Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (0 nm) · (301) 787-7441 · melissator3@yahoo.com
- Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (0 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · neallanning@icloud.com
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (18 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · chuckepstein1@yahoo.com
- Harry William Kraemer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (18 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · harry@flymall.org
- Sharif Hidayat private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (18 nm) · (240) 876-1825 · hidayat.sharif@yahoo.com
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Fairfield, PA (20 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
- Alan Lowdermilk private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aero Elite Aviation · Leesburg, VA (22 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · pasaml@frontier.com
- Jeffrey Richard Riemer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Arlington, VA (35 nm) · (703) 859-2807 · jriemer@riemerandassociates.com
All 84 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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.
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Frederick 99 aircraft · 74 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 gliders
- Advanced Aviation Group LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association 4 aircraft in town
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association 2 aircraft in town
- Dream Flight Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- M&J Aircraft Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association 2 aircraft · flying club
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association (M-Asa) 1 aircraft · flying club
- Mid Atlantic Soaring Association INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 39 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maryland 836 since 1982 · 110 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maryland 34 landing places
- Maryland 2,341 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FDK.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 9, 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.