Kearny County
36K · Lakin, Kansas · Kearny County · map
Kearny County is a public-use airport owned by Kearny County, 2 miles north of Lakin, Kansas, 3,076 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 3,410 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 36K
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Kearny County
- Elevation
- 3,076 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1955
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,410 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 2,579 × 90 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 32: road 9 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 20: power line 32 ft high 420 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 36K AWOS-3PT | 118.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-355-4004.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Lakin from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Lakin, Kansas: 9 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- 10 feet road 0 feet dstc, 78 feet L air carriers approach.
- 9 feet road, 193 feet dstc, 125 L.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slope
- Rough and uneven, bare spots, 6 feet. Berm both sides of runway, midway.
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.