Maxwell Aviation Airport
8KS · Lyons, Kansas · Rice County · map
Maxwell Aviation Airport is a public-use airport, 7 miles southeast of Lyons, Kansas, 1,677 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,550 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8KS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,677 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2021
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,550 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: tree 35 ft high 36 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 25 ft high 80 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Lyons from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Lyons, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Wildlife in the vicinity of runway.
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.