Gove County
1QK · Quinter, Kansas · Gove County · map
Gove County is a public-use airport owned by Gove County, 2 miles south of Quinter, Kansas, 2,637 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,000 feet of concrete.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1QK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gove County
- Elevation
- 2,637 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2018
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,000 × 60 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 35: tree 60 ft high 1,320 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. |
| 1QK AWOS-3P | 121.125 | |
| Hill City Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 785-953-3030.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Quinter from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Quinter, Kansas: 5 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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
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.