# Franklin Regional Airport (FKN / KFKN)

**Franklin Regional Airport** (IATA: FKN, ICAO: KFKN) is a small airport in Franklin, Virginia, United States. It opened in Aug 1937. It has one runway, 4,977 ft (1,517 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfkn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FKN / KFKN
- FAA: FKN
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Franklin, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Aug 1937
- Elevation: 40 ft / 12 m
- Coordinates: 36.6981, -76.9038
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,977 ft / 1,517 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://franklinva.com/city_airport.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Municipal%E2%80%93John_Beverly_Rose_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5491719
- Weather station: KFKN
- Ident: KFKN

## Timeline

- Aug 1937: Franklin Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 4,977 ft / 1,517 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 081° / 261° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,977 ft / 1,517 m | #6,911 of 29,858 | #2,714 in North America | #2,241 in US |
| Elevation | 40 ft / 12 m | =39,800 of 43,403 | =18,011 in North America | =14,858 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NORFOLK APP/DEP | 127.900 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 124.675 |
| RDO | LEESBURG RDO | 110.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfkn/data