Starns Brothers Airport
53NE · Ashland, Nebraska · Saunders County · map
Starns Brothers Airport is a private airport, 3 miles northwest of Ashland, Nebraska, 1,090 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,000 feet of grass.
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 53NE
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,090 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1983
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Grass |
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 150 ft, power line 55 ft high 1,055 ft from the end
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: Wahoo Municipal (13 nm northwest), Millard Airport (15 nm northeast), Lincoln Airport (21 nm southwest), Plattsmouth Muni/Douglas V Duey Field (23 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Wahoo Municipal (13 nm northwest), Millard Airport (15 nm northeast), Lincoln Airport (21 nm southwest), Plattsmouth Muni/Douglas V Duey Field (23 nm east).
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 Nebraska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Condl: provided approach to each runway is maintained for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the trnsitional surface be maintained for a 7:1 slope; letter of agreement between Starns Brothers airport and leutkenhaus airport is complied with.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ashland from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Ashland, Nebraska: 9 piston singles, 4 drones, 1 turboprop. 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 Nebraska.
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 Ashland 14 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 4 drones, 1 turboprops
- Husker Drone Spraying Services LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Lazy T Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Nebraska 763 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Nebraska 78 landing places
- Nebraska 2,946 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/53NE.json.
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 27, 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.