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Rans Airport

8KS4 · Hays, Kansas · Ellis County · map

Rans Airport is a private airport owned by Rans Designs INC., 2 miles northwest of Hays, Kansas, 2,100 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 1,200 feet of grass.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA 8KS4
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Rans Designs INC.
Elevation: 2,100 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
On the chart: Wichita sectional
Magnetic variation: 8E
In the FAA's files since: December 1997

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
17/35	1,200 × 30 ft	Grass

Runway 17: poles 60 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
Runway 35: trees 30 ft high 500 ft from the end

Aircraft registered in Hays from the FAA register

47 aircraft are registered to owners in Hays, Kansas: 38 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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:

Rans Designs INC 3Thin Air INC 2Simpson Equipment Leasing LLC 2Osgood Air LLC 2Ljmf 17 LLC 2Dbl LLC 2

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

Hays Regional HYS · 5 nm southeast Rush County K94 · 22 nm south Russell Municipal RSL · 25 nm east Trego Wakeeney Airport 0H1 · 26 nm west Rooks County Regional RCP · 27 nm north Hays Medical Center Heliport SN74 · 3 nm southeast · private Moore Homestead Airport 0KS6 · 8 nm southwest · private Philip Ranch Airport 73KS · 10 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided maintain a clear approach for a 20:1 glide slope and transitional surface for 7:1 slope.

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.