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Capital City Airport (KFFT) is a state-owned general aviation field just southwest of downtown Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky, offering a single long asphalt runway with an ILS approach. It sees a steady mix of general aviation, air taxi and limited military traffic, and serves as the base for the Commonwealth's own aircraft fleet.
Capital City Airport sits about one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Frankfort, Kentucky, and is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is primarily a general aviation field, though it also handles a modest amount of air taxi and military flying, and it is of particular interest to a visiting pilot for its single long, lit runway equipped with an instrument landing system.
The airport lies immediately southwest of Frankfort's city centre in Franklin County, Kentucky. Arriving and departing traffic works with Lexington Approach/Departure for the surrounding airspace, reflecting the field's position within the wider Lexington terminal area.
Capital City Airport has one physical runway, 07/25, an asphalt strip 5,455 feet long. Both directions are lit, and runway 25 is equipped with an ILS for instrument approaches.
Pilots should expect to work Lexington Approach/Departure on 120.75 MHz for arrivals and departures. The field broadcasts weather via ASOS on 119.275 MHz, and clearance delivery is available on 118.1 MHz. A discrete Army National Guard operations frequency of 41.15 MHz is also listed for the airport, along with Louisville Radio on 109.4 MHz. CTAF/UNICOM is 122.8 MHz.
Capital City Airport is owned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and has long served Frankfort as its general aviation airport, with a secondary role supporting military aviation. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's Division of Aviation, which operates the state's own aircraft, is based at the field.
The airport remains a public-use general aviation facility owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In recent reporting it handled around 39,000 aircraft operations a year, split mostly between general aviation, military and air taxi movements, with roughly sixty aircraft based on the field, including single- and multi-engine types, helicopters and a jet. The Kentucky Division of Aviation currently keeps a fleet of five aircraft at Capital City Airport for state travel use.
