Tri Rotor Airport
3KS9 · Ulysses, Kansas · Grant County · map
Tri Rotor Airport is a private airport, 12 miles northeast of Ulysses, Kansas, 3,091 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,800 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3KS9
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,091 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2019
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,800 × 24 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ulysses Airport (11 nm southwest), Garden City Regional (25 nm northeast), Stanton County Municipal (27 nm west), Liberal Mid-America Regional (43 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ulysses Airport (11 nm southwest), Kearny County (15 nm north), Satanta Municipal (19 nm southeast), Garden City Regional (25 nm northeast).
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 Kansas · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ulysses from the FAA register
71 aircraft are registered to owners in Ulysses, Kansas: 32 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 14 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 4 gliders. 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 Kansas.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ulysses 71 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 14 helicopters
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical 18 aircraft in town
- Tri-Rotor Spray & Chemical 7 aircraft in town
- North Star Aviation INC 4 aircraft in town
- Mid America Sprayers INC 4 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,732 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3KS9.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.