Syracuse-Hamilton County Municipal
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Syracuse-Hamilton County Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Syracuse/Hamilton CO, 1 mile north of Syracuse, Kansas, 3,326 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 4,600 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3K3
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Syracuse/Hamilton CO
- Elevation
- 3,326 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, intmnt
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,600 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,000 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, power line 55 ft high 1,327 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, tower 70 ft high 1,870 ft from the end
- Runway 13: road 13 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 31: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 355 ft, tree 27 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| 3K3 AWOS-3PT | 119.975 | |
| La Junta Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-384-5869.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Syracuse from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Syracuse, Kansas: 23 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 2 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
- Dusk to dawn. Activate PAPI runway 18 and 36, medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31, runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 27 feet tree, 190 feet dstc, 87 feet L; 15 road, 199 feet dstc 91 feet R.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Obstruction clnc slope 21:1 to dthr ovr 27 feet tree, 575 feet dstc, 87 feet L.
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.