Cpt Ben Smith Airfield/Monroe City
K52 · Monroe City, Missouri · Monroe County · map
Cpt Ben Smith Airfield/Monroe City is a public-use airport owned by the City of Monroe, 1 mile south of Monroe City, Missouri, 737 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,515 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K52
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Monroe
- Elevation
- 737 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 965 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,515 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 20 ft high 495 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 21 ft high 425 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Quincy and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.225 |
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Aircraft registered in Monroe City from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Monroe City, Missouri: 3 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Missouri.
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
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate PAPI runways 09 and 27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude light aircraft 800 feet above ground level, turbo prop and jets 1500 feet above ground level
- +1-4' fence 0-200' from runway end 120'R.
- 1-5 feet fence 65-200 feet from runway end and 120 feet R; 1-5 feet fence 0-200 feet from runway end and 125 feet L.
- 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.