Shalz Field
CBK · KCBK · Colby, Kansas · Thomas County · map
Shalz Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Colby, 2 miles north of Colby, Kansas, 3,188 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,110 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 21 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 5,550 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Shalz Field?
Its FAA code is CBK, and its ICAO code is KCBK.
Where is Shalz Field?
It is 2 miles north of Colby, Kansas, 3,188 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Shalz Field?
The longest of its 3 runways, 17/35, is 5,110 feet long.
Does Shalz Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Shalz Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Shalz Field?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Shalz Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CBK · ICAO KCBK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Colby
- Elevation
- 3,188 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, on call; Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,110 × 75 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 2,660 × 90 ft | Grass, good | |
| 04/22 | 2,600 × 80 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: tree 22 ft high 420 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cbk and aWOS-3P | 118.175 | |
| Goodland and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 785-460-4499.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Oakley Municipal (22 nm southeast), Renner Fld/Goodland Municipal (30 nm west).
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
- Seasonal agricultural operations
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35- the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 21 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,550, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 2,000 |
| general aviation, local | 3,500 |
| military | 50 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Colby from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Colby, Kansas: 24 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 business jet. 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:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
- Jared Jay Bixenman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Colby, KS (0 nm) · (785) 443-2457 · [email protected]
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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 Colby 31 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 drones
- Great Plains Spraying INC 3 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 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 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CBK.json.
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 27, 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.