Gould Peterson Municipal
K57 · Tarkio, Missouri · Atchison County · map
Gould Peterson Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tarkio, 1 mile east of Tarkio, Missouri, 916 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,600 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K57
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tarkio
- Elevation
- 916 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,600 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 102 ft high 1,912 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 96 ft high 1,852 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Omaha and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Tarkio from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Tarkio, Missouri: 15 piston singles. 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 Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Crop dusting aircraft on and in the vicinity of airport.
- To incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.