EL Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial
EQA · KEQA · El Dorado, Kansas · Butler County · map
EL Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of El Dorado, 3 miles southeast of El Dorado, Kansas, 1,379 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 4,204 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
Weather right now KEQA · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEQA 062115Z AUTO 21011KT 10SM CLR 30/12 A2996 RMK AO2
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 EQA · ICAO KEQA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of El Dorado
- Elevation
- 1,379 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,204 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Concrete, poor | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 10 ft high 290 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 45 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 22 ft high 725 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.8 | |
| Eqa and aWOS-3P | 120.875 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 316-322-8095.
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 El Dorado from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in El Dorado, Kansas: 22 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 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:
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 the approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the trsnl surface be maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Avoid flight ovr prison north of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 04 and 22, 15 and 33; high-intensity runway lights 4/22 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100 LL, jet a, mogas 24 hour SELF-SERVE.
- 15 feet trees, 60-200 feet dstc, 215 feet L.
- Extensive surface cracking, POP-UPS, loose stones and aggregate.
- Courtesy car.
- Terminal access aft hours the common traffic frequency.
- Phys adr 1485 south.east. 30TH.
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.