Capital City Airport (Kentucky)

Capital City Airport
IATA: FFT ICAO: KFFT FAA LID: FFT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Commonwealth of Kentucky
Serves	Frankfort, Kentucky
Elevation AMSL	812 ft / 248 m
Coordinates	38°10′55″N 084°54′22″W
Website	cca.ky.gov
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 5,506 1,678 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 6/20/2022) 39,216 Based aircraft 60
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Capital City Airport (IATA: FFT, ICAO: KFFT, FAA LID: FFT) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, a city in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. This airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.[1] It is used mostly for general aviation and, to a limited extent, for military aviation.

Facilities and aircraft

Capital City Airport covers an area of 375 acres (152 ha) at an elevation of 812 feet (248 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 7/25 which measures 5,506 by 100 feet (1,678 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 20, 2022, the airport had 39,216 aircraft operations, an average of 107 per day: 78% general aviation, 13% military, and 9% air taxi. At that time there were 60 aircraft based at this airport: 43 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, 1 jet, 7 helicopter, 3 military, and 1 ultralight.[1]

See also

• List of airports in Kentucky

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for FFT PDF, effective August 8, 2024.

External links

• Capital City Airport, official site
• Aerial photo as of 11 March 1997 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FFT, effective January 23, 2025
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for FFT
  • AirNav airport information for KFFT
  • ASN accident history for FFT
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures