Dighton Airport
K65 · Dighton, Kansas · Lane County · map
Dighton Airport is a public-use airport owned by Lane County, 1 mile northwest of Dighton, Kansas, 2,779 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 2,400 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K65
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lane County
- Elevation
- 2,779 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,400 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
| 06/24 | 2,000 × 110 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 13/31 | 2,000 × 110 ft | Grass, fair | |
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 17: power line 65 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 24: road 15 ft high 18 ft from the end
- Runway 31: rr 23 ft high 80 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Dighton from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Dighton, Kansas: 6 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Low INTSY-EDGE lights staggered. No thld lts.
- +3 feet fence post 50 feet from aer 17.
- +23 feet railroad 65 feet from aer CL.
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.