Ringneck Ranch Airport
55KS · Tipton, Kansas · Mitchell County · map
Ringneck Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Ringneck Ranch, INC, 2 miles sse of Tipton, Kansas, 1,586 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,600 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 55KS
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ringneck Ranch, INC
- Elevation
- 1,586 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2013
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,600 × 50 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: road 10 ft high 40 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: Moritz Memorial (18 nm northeast), Rooks County Regional (39 nm west), Blosser Municipal (40 nm east), Hays Regional (47 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Osborne Municipal (13 nm northwest), Moritz Memorial (18 nm northeast), Lincoln Municipal (20 nm southeast), Russell Municipal (31 nm southwest).
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 Kansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 18/36 marked by standard spaced reflectors on 24 inch mkr.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tipton from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Tipton, Kansas: 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Poor Boys Flying Club Incorporated 1 aircraft · Osborne, 15 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Tipton 1 aircraft · 1 drones
- Poor Boys Flying Club Incorporated 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,731 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/55KS.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.