Cessna Acft Field
CEA · KCEA · Wichita, Kansas · Sedgwick County · map
Cessna Acft Field is a public-use airport owned by Cessna Aircraft Company, 4 miles southeast of Wichita, Kansas, 1,378 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,873 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CEA · ICAO KCEA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Cessna Aircraft Company
- Elevation
- 1,378 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,873 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 150 ft, road 10 ft high 252 ft from the end
- Runway 35: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 150 ft, road 13 ft high 210 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Wichita from the FAA register
1,312 aircraft are registered to owners in Wichita, Kansas: 705 piston singles, 182 turboprops, 174 business jets, 134 gliders, 69 piston twins. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- 8 feet fence 170 feet from runway end.
- Obstruction clnc slp 20:1 to dthr ovr 23 feet tree, 475 feet dstc, 50 feet R.
- Obstruction clnc slp 27:1 to dthr.
- Aircraft operations should coordinate with MC connell afb prior to arrival and departure - control tower 127.25.
- Runway 17R/35L used only by Cessna personnel; closed to public.
- 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.