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Cochran Airport

1KS1 · Richmond, Kansas · Franklin County · map

Cochran Airport is a private airport, 3 miles northeast of Richmond, Kansas, 1,005 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,000 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 1KS1
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,005 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, irregular hours
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
On the chart: Kansas City sectional
Magnetic variation: 5E
In the FAA's files since: May 1976

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
17/35	2,000 × 80 ft	Grass	Low-intensity lights

Runway 17: power lines 30 ft high 400 ft from the end
Runway 35: trees 30 ft high 300 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Richmond from the FAA register

4 aircraft are registered to owners in Richmond, Kansas: 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Ottawa Municipal OWI · 5 nm north Garnett Municipal K68 · 11 nm south Miami County K81 · 15 nm east Vinland Valley Aerodrome K64 · 23 nm north Gardner Municipal K34 · 24 nm northeast Coffey County UKL · 25 nm west Dragoon Creek Airport 39K · 26 nm northwest New Century Aircenter Airport IXD · 27 nm northeast

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided approaches are cleared for a 20:1 glide slope.
West side of runway only.

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.