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
- 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
- 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
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Nebraska.
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
- 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.
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.