Smith Airport
43KS · Manhattan, Kansas · Riley County · map
Smith Airport is a private airport, 9 miles northwest of Manhattan, Kansas, 1,100 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 43KS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1984
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,800 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 17: trees on the approach
- Runway 35: hill 400 ft high 2,640 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Manhattan from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Manhattan, Kansas: 59 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets. 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 · 1 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 approaches are maintained for a 20:1 glide slope and transitional surfaces for A7:1 slope.
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.