Lyons-Rice County Municipal
LYO · KLYO · Lyons, Kansas · Rice County · map
Lyons-Rice County Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Lyons and Rice CO, 1 mile west of Lyons, Kansas, 1,692 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,400 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLYO · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 8 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 14 knots, gusting to 19
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (30°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLYO 062115Z AUTO 21014G19KT 10SM CLR 31/12 A2993 RMK AO2 T03050121
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LYO · ICAO KLYO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Lyons and Rice CO
- Elevation
- 1,692 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,400 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 520 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 335 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Hutchinson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.8 | |
| Lyo and aWOS-3P | 119.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 620-509-2357.
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.
Aircraft registered in Lyons from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Lyons, Kansas: 2 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hours self serve.
- Courtesy car available.
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.