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Harper Municipal

8K2 · Harper, Kansas · Harper County · map

Harper Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Harper, 1 mile southwest of Harper, Kansas, 1,427 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,268 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

The airport

Codes
FAA 8K2
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City of Harper
Elevation
1,427 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below
Fuel
100LL avgas
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Wichita sectional
Magnetic variation
7E
In the FAA's files since
June 1947

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

17351230N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
17/353,268 × 38 ftAsphalt, goodHigh-intensity lights
12/302,138 × 160 ftGrass, good
  • Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 44 ft high 440 ft from the end
  • Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 12: power line 49 ft high 644 ft from the end
  • Runway 30: power line 42 ft high 788 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9
Approach and departure126.7

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Aircraft registered in Harper from the FAA register

3 aircraft are registered to owners in Harper, Kansas: 3 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal

1987-05-07MKC87DCQ02 · Cessna 188 N5609J · accident · serious injuries
1986-10-19MKC87DCQ01 · James Olivier Quickie N3241N · accident · 1 killed
1985-05-20MKC85LA106 · Beech B35 N8788A · accident · minor 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

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Maintenance approaches for a 20:1 glide slope and trsnl surface for a 7:1 slope.
  • Activate PAPI runway 17 and 35, high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Deputy city clerk/amgr.
  • Fuel self serve.
  • Marked with metal orange cones.
  • Runway 17 PAPI unusable beyond 3 degreess L of centerline.
  • Runway 12, 3 feet ditch 50 from north end.
  • This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.

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.