Fulton County
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Fulton County is a public-use airport owned by Fulton County Airport Authority, 2 miles east of Rochester, Indiana, 790 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRCR · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 8 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KRCR 062055Z AUTO 17008G15KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A3000 RMK AO2
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 RCR · ICAO KRCR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fulton County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 790 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 580 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 85 ft high 3,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.05 | |
| Rcr and aWOS-3 | 118.775 | |
| Fort Wayne Center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 574-223-3560.
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 Rochester from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Rochester, Indiana: 6 piston singles, 4 drones, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 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
- Activate beacon - the common traffic frequency
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 11 and 29; PAPI runway 11 and 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL self service available H24.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.