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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2005
Runway
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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Philip Billard Municipal (6 nm south), Topeka Regional (13 nm south), Lawrence Regional (19 nm southeast), Amelia Earhart Airport (31 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Philip Billard Municipal (6 nm south), Topeka Regional (13 nm south), Lawrence Regional (19 nm southeast), Vinland Valley Aerodrome (27 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 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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:
- Topeka Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Topeka, 6 miles away Top Aviation Services is an FAA-certified flight school and aircraft rental operator based at Phillip Billard Municipal Airport (KTOP) in Topeka, Kansas.
- Vinland Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · Topeka, 6 miles away Vinland Flight School is a flight training organisation based in Topeka, Kansas, with operations at an airport location in Baldwin City, Kansas.
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Meriden 4 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 helicopters, 1 drones
- Topeka Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Vinland Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/81KS.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.