Fort Scott Municipal
FSK · KFSK · Fort Scott, Kansas · Bourbon County · map
Fort Scott Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fort Scott, 4 miles southwest of Fort Scott, Kansas, 918 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,403 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KFSK · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (230°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 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 KFSK 061935Z AUTO 23011KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A3001 RMK AO2 T02680134
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 FSK · ICAO KFSK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fort Scott
- Elevation
- 918 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,403 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 20 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 55 ft high 1,403 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Fsk and aWOS-3P | 124.425 | |
| Butler and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 620-215-5899.
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 Fort Scott from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Scott, Kansas: 20 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 drone. 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, 1 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
- CONDL-PRVD the approach to runway 17 is maintained for a minimum 34:1 glide slope and runway 36 for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface be maintained for a 7:1 slope.
- Deer fence around airport perimeter.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; VASI runway 18; PAPI runway 36 and runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ground drops rapidly 250' from runway 18 end.
- 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.