Westport Airport
71K · Wichita, Kansas · Sedgwick County · map
Westport Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Wichita, Kansas, 1,290 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,520 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 71K
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,290 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,520 × 30 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 400 ft, pole 20 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, fence 7 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Wichita from the FAA register
1,312 aircraft are registered to owners in Wichita, Kansas: 705 piston singles, 182 turboprops, 174 business jets, 134 gliders, 69 piston twins. 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 · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided RT traffic pattern is estabd for runway and approaches of 20:1 and trsnl surface of 7:1 are maintenance.
- Departures contact Wichita the control tower on the ground on frequency 125.7 for departure instructions. If unable - contact the control tower on frequency 118.2 upon departure and remain east of the field until communications are established.
- 15 feet road, 28 feet dstc, 125 feet L/R/ 25 feet pole line, 83 feet dstc, 125 feet L/R.
- 7 feet fence 50 feet from threshold; both sides of centerline.
- Also 46 feet unmkd pole, 400 feet dstc, 0 B 4:1.
- Runway 17/35 grass encroaching on runway sides numerous surface cracks.
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.