Bressler Field
5K0 · Bird City, Kansas · Cheyenne County · map
Bressler Field is a public-use airport owned by Crop Production Services, INC, 1 mile southwest of Bird City, Kansas, 3,489 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 3,460 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Bressler Field?
Its FAA code is 5K0.
Where is Bressler Field?
It is 1 mile southwest of Bird City, Kansas, 3,489 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Bressler Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 08/26, is 3,460 feet long.
Does Bressler Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bressler Field?
1 pilot examiner and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5K0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Crop Production Services, INC
- Elevation
- 3,489 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to September, every day, daylight hours; unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1986
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,460 × 70 ft | Grass, good | |
| 17/35 | 2,270 × 75 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern, road on the approach
- Runway 26: road on the approach
- Runway 17: road on the approach
- Runway 35: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Renner Fld/Goodland Municipal (23 nm south), Shalz Field (30 nm southeast), Kit Carson County (45 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cheyenne County Municipal (11 nm west), Renner Fld/Goodland Municipal (23 nm south), Atwood/Rawlins County (24 nm east), Shalz Field (30 nm southeast).
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
- Provided approaches are maintained for a 20:1 glide slope and transitional surface a 7:1 slope; right hand traffic ptn to runway 8 is used.
- North end runway marked west/orange and white barrels.
- East third of runway rough.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bird City from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Bird City, Kansas: 2 piston singles. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
- Jared Jay Bixenman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Colby, KS (30 nm) · (785) 443-2457 · [email protected]
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 Bird City 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- 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/5K0.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.