East Kansas City Airport
3GV · Grain Valley, Missouri · Jackson County · map
East Kansas City Airport is a public-use airport owned by Grain Valley Airport CORP in Grain Valley, Missouri, 835 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,507 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for East Kansas City Airport?
Its FAA code is 3GV.
Where is East Kansas City Airport?
It is in Grain Valley, Missouri, 835 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at East Kansas City Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 09/27, is 4,507 feet long.
Does East Kansas City Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at East Kansas City Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at East Kansas City Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Coordinated Flight Training LLC and Mitchell Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to East Kansas City Airport?
10 pilot examiners and 19 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for East Kansas City Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3GV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Grain Valley Airport CORP
- Elevation
- 835 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1956
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,507 × 44 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 2,206 × 20 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 09: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 303 ft, rr 23 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 27: rr 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 05: trees 32 ft high 230 ft from the end
- Runway 23: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 56 ft high 656 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.3 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.4 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kansas City/Lee'S Summit Regional (8 nm southwest), Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field (19 nm west), Midwest Ntl Air Center Airport (20 nm north), Johnson County Executive (26 nm west).
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
- E111 provided east/west runway is abdnd upon actvtn of new east/west (09/27) runway; approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glideslope and trsnl surface maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Wind sock
- Runway 05/23 steep grade 60-235 feet northeast of runway 05 thld.
- Non-standard medium-intensity runway lights; no yellow edge lights last 2000 feet both ends; all edge lights located 13-15 feet from pavement edge; runway 27 only 6 threshold lights located 18-20 feet east of threshold.
- Width variance 20-25 feet.
- Width variance 44-45 feet.
- Railroad track 0-200 feet from runway, 80-230 feet right; trees 20-35 feet, 0-200 feet from runway, 130-250 feet right.
- Runway 09 1-20 feet gnd 0-200 feet from runway end left and right; +16 feet signs 145 feet from runway end 80 feet left; 10-25 feet road 0-200 feet from runway end 125-160 feet left; +1-50 feet trees and railroad 0-200 feet from runway end 200-250 feet right.
- Hngr building 16-26 feet, 125-200 feet from runway end, 180-250 feet left.
- +1-33 feet brush; trees; fence; railroad; road and buildings 0-200 feet from runway end left and right.
- 0:1 to displaced thld; +1-5 feet gnd 0-90 feet from runway end 70-130 feet right.
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 Grain Valley from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Grain Valley, Missouri: 18 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 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:
- Coordinated Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Grain Valley
- Mitchell Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Lees Summit, 11 miles away Mitchell Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Lee's Summit Airport in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
- Wing Flying Club 2 aircraft · Lees Summit, 11 miles away
- Principles of Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Lees Summit, 11 miles away
Repair stations in Grain Valley:
- Aircraft Professional Maintenance LLC SkyPros Aviation is an FAA-certified repair station (CRS No.
- Avidair Helicopter Supply INC AvidAir International is a repair station specializing in overhaul and repair of Rolls-Royce Model 250 Series I and II compressor cases for helicopters.
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: 19 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 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 (20 nm) · (816) 668-2594 · [email protected]
- Ashley Windsor private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Warrensburg, MO (24 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 (24 nm) · (660) 441-7552 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Suhr private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Skyhaven Airport · Warrensburg, MO (24 nm) · (816) 944-0924 · [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 (28 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 (29 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 (29 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 (29 nm) · (816) 510-5950 · [email protected]
All 46 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 · 24 since 1982, 3 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 Grain Valley 19 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- Skypros East Kansas City 2 aircraft in town
- Country Club Mortgage LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Coordinated Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Mitchell Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Wing Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Aircraft Professional Maintenance LLC · repair station
- Avidair Helicopter Supply INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 3 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/3GV.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.