Comanche County
3K8 · Coldwater, Kansas · Comanche County · map
Comanche County is a public-use airport owned by Comanche County, 3 miles south of Coldwater, Kansas, 2,086 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,500 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3K8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Comanche County
- Elevation
- 2,086 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1983
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,500 × 60 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 3K8 AWOS-3PT | 118.05 | |
| Gage and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-582-5988.
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 Coldwater from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Coldwater, Kansas: 3 drones. 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 · 2 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
- Provided approach to each runway is maintained for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface be maintained for a 7:1 slope.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17/35; PAPI runway 17/35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- 4 feet berm, 0-199 feet dstc, 100 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.