Ellinwood Municipal
1K6 · Ellinwood, Kansas · Barton County · map
Ellinwood Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City Ellinwood, 2 miles northwest of Ellinwood, Kansas, 1,797 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 2,550 feet of grass and gravel.
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What is the airport code for Ellinwood Municipal?
Its FAA code is 1K6.
Where is Ellinwood Municipal?
It is 2 miles northwest of Ellinwood, Kansas, 1,797 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Ellinwood Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 2,550 feet long.
Does Ellinwood Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ellinwood Municipal?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1K6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City Ellinwood
- Elevation
- 1,797 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,550 × 100 ft | Grass and gravel, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 2,150 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: road 15 ft high 60 ft from the end
- Runway 26: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Great Bend Municipal (12 nm west), Lyons-Rice County Municipal (18 nm east), Hutchinson Regional (39 nm southeast), Pratt Regional (41 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Great Bend Municipal (12 nm west), Lyons-Rice County Municipal (18 nm east), Larned-Pawnee County (25 nm southwest), Ellsworth Municipal (29 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Airport constructed prior to 1959.
- 2 feet ditch at runway 26 thld.
- Also 15 feet road, 75 feet dstc, 130 feet L/R, obstruction clnc slope 5:1.
- Soft after rain.
- Patches of grassy vegetation/gravel mixture aer 17 along centerline.
- Large drainage ditch 400 feet south of runway 35
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ellinwood from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Ellinwood, Kansas: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Weston Hale Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Clyde Cessna Field · Kingman, KS (48 nm) · (620) 874-8166 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ellinwood 4 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,732 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1K6.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.