Leo'S Place Airport
1KS3 · Riley, Kansas · Riley County · map
Leo'S Place Airport is a private airport owned by Flint Hills Flyers CORP, 3 miles east of Riley, Kansas, 1,350 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 1,100 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1KS3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Flint Hills Flyers CORP
- Elevation
- 1,350 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1974
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 1,100 × 30 ft | Grass | |
| 04/22 | 1,000 × 30 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Manhattan Regional (11 nm southeast), Freeman Field (16 nm south), Blosser Municipal (44 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Manhattan Regional (11 nm southeast), Freeman Field (16 nm south), Clay Center Municipal (19 nm west), Wamego Municipal (24 nm east).
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
- E111 operations to and from walter airport shall be conducted north of hwy 24 and to the east of the north/south city road on the west side of land section 33 and 4; approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and transitional surface maintd for a 7:1 slope.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Riley from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Riley, Kansas: 2 piston singles. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Ks Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Manhattan, 12 miles away K-State Flying Club is a flying club based at Manhattan Regional Airport in Manhattan, Kansas.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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 Riley 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Ks Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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/1KS3.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.