Moritz Memorial
K61 · Beloit, Kansas · Mitchell County · map
Moritz Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Beloit, 1 mile northwest of Beloit, Kansas, 1,418 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 4,200 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K61
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Beloit
- Elevation
- 1,418 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 2,340 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 181 ft, 4,018 ft available for landing, road 29 ft high 627 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 28 ft high 490 ft from the end
- Runway 04: pole 35 ft high 345 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| K61 and aWOS-3PT | 118.225 | |
| Salina and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 785-378-4173.
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 Beloit from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Beloit, Kansas: 10 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 1 gyroplane, 1 glider. 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 · 4 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights 17/35; PAPI runway 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour self serve.
- Marked with red and white painted L-SHAPED mkrs.
- Marked with red and white painted L-SHAPED mkrs.
- Obstruction clnc slope 25:1 to displaced thld.
- Glider operations on airport. Rdo control operations on and in the vicinity of airport; wkend and holidays.
- Fuel available H24 with credit card; service aft hour - amgr.
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.