Smith Center Municipal
K82 · Smith Center, Kansas · Smith County · map
Smith Center Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Smith Center, 1 mile southwest of Smith Center, Kansas, 1,800 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 4,400 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K82
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Smith Center
- Elevation
- 1,800 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,400 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 32 ft high 840 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| K82 and aWOS-3PT | 118.450 | |
| Hastings and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 785-282-8326.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Smith Center from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Smith Center, Kansas: 3 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 · 1 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
- Provided the approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the trsnl surface be maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour self serve.
- No line of sight between runway ends.
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.