Emporia Municipal
EMP · KEMP · Emporia, Kansas · Lyon County · map
Emporia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Emporia, 4 miles south of Emporia, Kansas, 1,208 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,005 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, car gas (mogas)) and about 41 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 17,650 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Emporia Municipal?
Its FAA code is EMP, and its ICAO code is KEMP.
Where is Emporia Municipal?
It is 4 miles south of Emporia, Kansas, 1,208 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Emporia Municipal?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 5,005 feet long.
Does Emporia Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Emporia Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, car gas (mogas).
Are there flight schools at Emporia Municipal?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Emporia Flying Club INC and Sweetwater Flyers LLC. Compare them
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Emporia Municipal…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EMP · ICAO KEMP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Emporia
- Elevation
- 1,208 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,005 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,881 × 300 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 35 ft high 856 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Emporia and rco | 122.3 | Emporia |
| Emp and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.125 | |
| Emporia and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.725 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 620-343-3733.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Coffey County (22 nm east), EL Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial (45 nm southwest), Topeka Regional (45 nm northeast).
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
- Sunset to sunrise.
- Activate PAPI and runway end identifier lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 aft 1800 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100 LL and mogas 24 hour SELF-SERVE..
- Jet a full serve. Aftr hours on required.
- No line of sight between runway ends.
- Soft when wet.
- Ultralight actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Rco available 127.725 Kansas city center.
- Runway 6/24 ends and edges marked with orange and white panels.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
- Looking…
Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 | 34 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 3 |
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 17,650, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 100 |
| general aviation, travelling | 9,000 |
| general aviation, local | 8,050 |
| military | 500 |
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 Emporia from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Emporia, Kansas: 31 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Emporia Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Emporia Emporia Flying Club is a flying club located at Emporia Airport, 4 miles south of Emporia, Kansas.
- Sweetwater Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Emporia
Repair stations in Emporia:
- Air Tronics INC Airtronics Inc.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 9 since 1982, 1 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 Emporia 39 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 drones
- Tevis Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Anderson Cattle CO INC 3 aircraft in town
- Emporia Flying Club INC 2 aircraft in town
- Emporia Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Sweetwater Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Air Tronics INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 1 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 5,737 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EMP.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 22, 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.