Walz Airport
4KS · Kiowa, Kansas · Barber County · map
Walz Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles northwest of Kiowa, Kansas, 1,387 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,525 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4KS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,387 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2012
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,525 × 50 ft | Grass, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: threshold displaced 225 ft, trees 45 ft high 150 ft from the end
- Runway 21: threshold displaced 175 ft, fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Kiowa from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Kiowa, Kansas: 10 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 195 feet tower near midfield approximately 375 feet east of runway.
- Fee for agricultural operators
- Only for emergency use
- Runway 03 obstruction clnc slope 10:1 ovr 45 feet trees 450 feet dstc.
- "17:1 obstruction clnc slope ovr 18 F road, 310 feet dstc, air carriers approach."
- 19 feet oil well pump near midfield approximately 375 feet east of runway.
- Non-standard displaced thld markings 4 feet traffic cones may be hzd to low wing aircraft.
- Runway 3/21 grass uneven due to gopher holes
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport
- Numerous obstruction, poles, oil well and building east of field
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.