Abilene Municipal
K78 · Abilene, Kansas · Dickinson County · map
Abilene Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Abilene Kansas, 1 mile southwest of Abilene, Kansas, 1,153 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,100 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 12 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 35,600 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Abilene Municipal?
Its FAA code is K78.
Where is Abilene Municipal?
It is 1 mile southwest of Abilene, Kansas, 1,153 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Abilene Municipal?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,100 feet long, concrete.
Does Abilene Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Abilene Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Abilene Municipal?
3 pilot examiners and 3 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 K78
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Abilene Kansas
- Elevation
- 1,153 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,100 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 186 ft, 3,914 ft available for landing, trees 36 ft high 745 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 746 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.25 | |
| K78 and aWOS-3P | 124.125 | |
| Salina and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 785-802-8625.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Freeman Field (20 nm northeast), Salina Regional (21 nm west), Manhattan Regional (30 nm northeast), MC Pherson Airport (39 nm southwest).
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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36, PAPI runway 18 and 36, runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36 oper DUSK-2200; othr times activate -- the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self serve fuel.
- Runway end identifier lights: LOW/ MEDIUM/ high pilot controlled.
- 23 railroad, 630 feet from thld.
- Obstruction clnc slope 29:1 to displaced thld.
- Courtesy car available.
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 | 12 |
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 35,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,800 |
| general aviation, local | 17,000 |
| military | 300 |
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 Abilene from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Abilene, Kansas: 11 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 drones. 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
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- Anthony B Condon private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Kansas State Polytechnic Aviation · Salina, KS (21 nm) · (515) 291-0089 · [email protected]
- Brandy Suzonne Shaw 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 · Schilling Air Services · Salina, KS (21 nm) · (620) 755-2165 · [email protected]
- William Robert Mcdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kansas State University · Salina, KS (21 nm) · (954) 325-8775 · [email protected]
All 10 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).
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 3 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 Abilene 15 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 drones
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 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 5,738 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/K78.json.
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 27, 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.