Chanute Martin Johnson Airport
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Chanute Martin Johnson Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chanute, 2 miles southwest of Chanute, Kansas, 1,002 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,254 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 16 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 1,700 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KCNU · observed 5:52 pm CDT (22:52 UTC), 41 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:24 pm CDT (23:24 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the south at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCNU 062252Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02610144
TAF KCNU 062324Z 0700/0724 17006KT P6SM SKC FM071600 19011KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CNU · ICAO KCNU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chanute
- Elevation
- 1,002 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,254 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 620 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 269 ft, rr 26 ft high 212 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Cnu and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.075 | |
| Chanute and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.9 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 620-431-6781.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Chanute from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Chanute, Kansas: 6 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter. 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 · 5 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
- Provided clear 20:1 approach and 7:1 transitional surface.
- DUSK-2300
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- +25 feet tree 173 from aer 18, 190 feet L of CL.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp. Obstruction clearance slp 18:1 to dthr.
- Courtsey car available.
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.