Amelia Earhart Airport
K59 · Atchison, Kansas · Atchison County · map
Amelia Earhart Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Atchison, 2 miles west of Atchison, Kansas, 1,064 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 24 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 16,100 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Amelia Earhart Airport?
Its FAA code is K59.
Where is Amelia Earhart Airport?
It is 2 miles west of Atchison, Kansas, 1,064 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Amelia Earhart Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Amelia Earhart Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Amelia Earhart Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Amelia Earhart Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K59
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Atchison
- Elevation
- 1,064 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 1,173 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 287 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 120.35 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.7 | |
| K59 and aWOS-3PT | 123.675 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 913-367-1449.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sherman Army Airfield (17 nm southeast), Rosecrans Memorial (17 nm northeast), Kansas City International (27 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Public works director/amgr.
- Fuel 24 hour SELF-SERV.
- Extensive aerial agricultural operations.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 21 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 16,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 50 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,000 |
| general aviation, local | 11,000 |
| military | 50 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Atchison from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Atchison, Kansas: 20 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 aircrew program designee, 4 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Mark Alan Gaines private pilot, sport pilot, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Rosecrans Memorial Airport · St. Joseph, MO (19 nm) · (816) 808-4429 · [email protected]
- Andrew Waterland private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATD Flight Systems · Kansas City, MO (27 nm) · (816) 510-1859 · [email protected]
- Brian Andrew Park private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kansas City, MO (27 nm) · (816) 507-9103 · [email protected]
- James Harlan Rainen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kansas City, MO (27 nm) · (816) 739-9772 · [email protected]
- Joshua Turner Hay private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Kansas City, MO (27 nm) · (816) 510-5950 · [email protected]
- Todd Eric Nichols private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Kansas City, MO (27 nm) · (816) 694-0958 · [email protected]
- Richard R Veach private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Liberty, MO (38 nm) · (816) 668-2594 · [email protected]
All 38 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Atchison 23 aircraft · 20 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,731 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/K59.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.