Mcmaster
29KS · Wichita, Kansas · Sedgwick County · map
Mcmaster is a private gliderport, 5 miles northeast of Wichita, Kansas, 1,403 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18L/36R, is 4,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 29KS
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,403 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2017
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 4,600 × 100 ft | Grass, good | |
| 18R/36L | 2,460 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
Aircraft registered in Wichita from the FAA register
1,321 aircraft are registered to owners in Wichita, Kansas: 709 piston singles, 181 turboprops, 178 business jets, 134 gliders, 70 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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 gliderport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 123.3
Connections how this gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wichita 1,321 aircraft · 709 piston singles, 181 turboprops, 178 business jets
- Textron Aviation INC 344 aircraft in town
- Wingsleasing LLC 117 aircraft in town
- Kansas Aviation Museum 25 aircraft in town
- Columbia Asset Trust CORP Trustee 25 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 150 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 5,752 aircraft registered
These connections as data: /graph/airport/29KS.json · about the eFlight graph.
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 7, 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.