Miami County
K81 · Paola, Kansas · Miami County · map
Miami County is a public-use airport owned by Miami County, 3 miles southwest of Paola, Kansas, 943 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 3,398 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K81
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Miami County
- Elevation
- 943 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1951
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,398 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 1,940 × 60 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 65 ft high 1,850 ft from the end
- Runway 15: power line 33 ft high 90 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Paola from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Paola, Kansas: 17 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 business jet. 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
- DUSK-2400
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 21; PAPI runway 03 and 21, medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Aftr hours service on required.
- Shane krull, county. Admin.
- Fuel 24 hours SELF-SERV.
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.