Ness City Municipal
48K · Ness City, Kansas · Ness County · map
Ness City Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ness City, 1 mile north of Ness City, Kansas, 2,322 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,000 feet of concrete.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 48K
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ness City
- Elevation
- 2,322 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1955
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,000 × 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 | |
| 48K AWOS-3PT | 118.575 | |
| Russell and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 785-261-2002.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Ness City from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Ness City, Kansas: 1 piston single. 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 · 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 a clear approach to each runway is maintained for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface is maintained for a 7:1 slope.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35, PAPI runway 17 and 35, medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
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.