Lloyd Stearman Field
1K1 · Benton, Kansas · Butler County · map
Lloyd Stearman Field is a public-use airport owned by Benton Airpark INC., 1 mile southwest of Benton, Kansas, 1,364 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,105 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1K1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Benton Airpark INC.
- Elevation
- 1,364 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,105 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 241 ft, trees 47 ft high 530 ft from the end
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 91 ft, hangar on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Benton from the FAA register
73 aircraft are registered to owners in Benton, Kansas: 65 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 glider. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 1 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
- 100 LL 24 hour self serve. Jet a+ required 24 hours in adv.
- 17 feet road 38 feet dstc, 125 feet L/R; 31 feet tree, 1 feet dstc, 190 feet R.
- 24 feet hangar, 0-199 feet dstc, 218 feet R; 23 feet windsock, 132 feet dstc, 118 feet R.
- Obstruction clnc slope 0:1 to dthr ovr 25 feet building, 0 feet dstc, 200 feet L.
- Obstruction clnc slope 0:1 to dthr ovr 25 feet building, 0 feet dstc, 200 feet L.
- Uncontrolled vehicle traffic in the vicinity of hangars and on taxiways. Back tax on runway when able.
- Ultralight aircraft prior permission required.
- Twin and lrgr back taxi on runway.
- 70 feet wide concrete taxiway turn off midfield.
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.