Hiawatha Municipal
K87 · Hiawatha, Kansas · Brown County · map
Hiawatha Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hiawatha, 2 miles northeast of Hiawatha, Kansas, 1,130 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,400 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA K87
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hiawatha
- Elevation
- 1,130 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,400 × 100 ft | Grass, fair | Low-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 2,430 × 130 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 35: road 13 ft high 235 ft from the end
- Runway 10: road 10 ft high 235 ft from the end
- Runway 28: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Hiawatha from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Hiawatha, Kansas: 11 drones, 4 piston singles. 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 · 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Runway 10 end marked by metal post 50 feet L of CL.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slope
- Very soft when wet. Low areas may have standing water after rain.
- Transverse depressions across entire width of runway.
- Farm vehicles and equipment on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of runways.
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.