Buena Terra Airport
33KS · Topeka, Kansas · Shawnee County · map
Buena Terra Airport is a private airport owned by Buena Terra Airpark, LLC, 4 miles north of Topeka, Kansas, 950 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 2,500 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 33KS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Buena Terra Airpark, LLC
- Elevation
- 950 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
- November 1983
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,500 × 80 ft | Grass | |
| 17/35 | 2,000 × 80 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Philip Billard Municipal (5 nm south), Topeka Regional (12 nm south), Lawrence Regional (20 nm southeast), Amelia Earhart Airport (32 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Philip Billard Municipal (5 nm south), Topeka Regional (12 nm south), Lawrence Regional (20 nm southeast), Vinland Valley Aerodrome (28 nm southeast).
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
- Provided approaches are maintained for a 20:1 glide slope and transitional surfaces maintained for a 7:1 slope.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Topeka from the FAA register
136 aircraft are registered to owners in Topeka, Kansas: 86 piston singles, 14 balloons, 12 business jets, 9 turboprops, 7 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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:
- Topeka Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Topeka, 6 miles away Top Aviation Services is an FAA-certified flight school and aircraft rental operator based at Phillip Billard Municipal Airport (KTOP) in Topeka, Kansas.
- Vinland Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · Topeka, 6 miles away Vinland Flight School is a flight training organisation based in Topeka, Kansas, with operations at an airport location in Baldwin City, Kansas.
Charter operators and airlines based in Topeka:
- Luxe Jet LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Luxe Aviation provides aircraft management, sales, acquisitions, and leasing services for piston, turboprop, jet, and helicopter aircraft.
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 · 2 since 1982, 2 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 Topeka 136 aircraft · 86 piston singles, 14 balloons, 12 business jets
- American Flight Museum 11 aircraft in town
- Kansas Highway Patrol 7 aircraft in town
- Combat Air Museum INC 7 aircraft in town
- Technical Applications & Consulting LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Luxe Jet LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Topeka Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Vinland Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,147 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 5,731 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/33KS.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 30, 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.