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Blackhawk Airport

81KS · Meriden, Kansas · Jefferson County · map

Blackhawk Airport is a private airport, 2 miles south of Meriden, Kansas, 1,015 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 1,720 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 81KS
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,015 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, irregular hours
Repairs: airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
On the chart: Kansas City sectional
In the FAA's files since: November 2005

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
02/20	1,720 × 63 ft	Grass

Runway 20: right-hand traffic pattern, power line 40 ft high 30 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Meriden from the FAA register

4 aircraft are registered to owners in Meriden, Kansas: 2 piston singles, 1 helicopter, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2013-05-13CEN13CA279 · Piper Pa-28-140 N1818J · accident · no injuries

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

Philip Billard Municipal TOP · 6 nm south Topeka Regional FOE · 13 nm south Lawrence Regional LWC · 19 nm southeast Vinland Valley Aerodrome K64 · 27 nm southeast Dragoon Creek Airport 39K · 28 nm south Buena Terra Airport 33KS · 1 nm west · private Stormont-Vail Hospital Heliport 3KS0 · 8 nm southwest · private University Of Kansas Health System St. Francis Heliport 21KS · 8 nm southwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided all traffic patterns are flown to the east I.east., right traffic runway 20; maintain clear 20:1 approaches; maintain clear 7:1 transitional surface.
All traffic remain east of the runway.
Addnl contacts: susan newell, kevin drewelow.
Military helicopter training area; also research, develop and test experimental aircraft.
Heavy drone use.

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.