Excelsior Springs Memorial
3EX · Excelsior Springs, Missouri · Ray County · map
Excelsior Springs Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Excelsior Springs, 1 mile east of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 1,000 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,004 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Excelsior Springs Memorial?
Its FAA code is 3EX.
Where is Excelsior Springs Memorial?
It is 1 mile east of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 1,000 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Excelsior Springs Memorial?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,004 feet long, asphalt.
Does Excelsior Springs Memorial have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Excelsior Springs Memorial?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Rebel Aviation INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Excelsior Springs Memorial?
10 pilot examiners and 17 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3EX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Excelsior Springs
- Elevation
- 1,000 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,004 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: trees 27 ft high 225 ft from the end
- Runway 21: trees 72 ft high 702 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.4 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Midwest Ntl Air Center Airport (5 nm west), Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field (22 nm southwest), Kansas City/Lee'S Summit Regional (24 nm south), Kansas City International (24 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Midwest Ntl Air Center Airport (5 nm west), Roosterville Airport (12 nm west), East Kansas City Airport (19 nm south), Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field (22 nm southwest).
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 Missouri · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; incor spacing and color of lights.
- 70 feet tree 170 feet from runway end and 160 feet left; 40 feet tree 10 feet from runway end and 230 feet right.
- +1-10 feet road 0-200 feet from runway end 120-160 feet R.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Excelsior Springs from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Excelsior Springs, Missouri: 8 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Missouri.
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:
- Rebel Aviation INC 5 aircraft · Liberty, 14 miles away Rebel Aviation is a flight school based at Roosterville Airport (0N0) and Lee's Summit Municipal Airport (KLXT) near Liberty, Missouri.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 10 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Richard R Veach private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Liberty, MO (12 nm) · (816) 668-2594 · [email protected]
- Andrew Waterland private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithville, MO (17 nm) · (816) 510-1859 · [email protected]
- Brian Andrew Park private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kansas City, MO (24 nm) · (816) 507-9103 · [email protected]
- James Harlan Rainen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kansas City, MO (24 nm) · (816) 739-9772 · [email protected]
- Joshua Turner Hay private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Kansas City, MO (24 nm) · (816) 510-5950 · [email protected]
- Todd Eric Nichols private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Kansas City, MO (24 nm) · (816) 694-0958 · [email protected]
- Ashley Windsor private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Warrensburg, MO (38 nm) · (850) 218-5149 · [email protected]
- David Wayne Card private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · UCM Aviation · Warrensburg, MO (38 nm) · (660) 441-7552 · [email protected]
All 42 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 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 Excelsior Springs 9 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Rebel Aviation INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Missouri 1,637 since 1982 · 217 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Missouri 124 landing places
- Missouri 5,815 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3EX.json.
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 26, 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.