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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.

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
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Kansas City sectional
Magnetic variation
1E
In the FAA's files since
November 1952

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0321N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
03/212,004 × 50 ftAsphalt, fairLow-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) · UNICOM122.7
Approach and departure118.4

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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 fatal

1998-06-07CHI98LA191 · Beech 23 N2302Q · accident · minor injuries
1995-12-27CHI96LA062 · Cessna 172M N172DA · accident · serious injuries
1993-07-31CHI93LA307 · Cessna 170 N4411V · accident · minor injuries
1989-07-04MKC89LA152 · Piper Pa-32-300 N4175R · accident · no injuries
1988-03-22MKC88FA067 · Piper Pa-23-250 N62526 · accident · no injuries
1987-08-18MKC87FA163 · Beech 35 N3204V · accident · serious injuries
1982-11-02MKC83LA016 · Beech A23-19 N5958S · accident · no injuries
1982-09-30MKC82DA177 · Piper Pa32Rt-300 N39591 · accident · no injuries

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.
  • 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.

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.