Manhattan Regional
MHK · KMHK · Manhattan, Kansas · Riley County · map
Manhattan Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Manhattan, 4 miles southwest of Manhattan, Kansas, 1,066 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 7,400 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMHK · observed 3:52 pm CDT (20:52 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMHK 062052Z 22010KT 10SM CLR 30/14 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03000144 56020
TAF KMHK 061720Z 0618/0718 21011KT P6SM SKC FM062300 22005KT P6SM FEW250
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 MHK · ICAO KMHK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Manhattan
- Elevation
- 1,066 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 843 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 7,400 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, 7,030 ft available for landing, trees 105 ft high 3,996 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 370 ft, 7,030 ft available for landing, trees 86 ft high 2,124 ft from the end
- Runway 13: VASI, two boxes on the left, pole 237 ft high 7,174 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, tree 93 ft high 1,607 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.55 | Manhattan |
| Ground | 121.85 | Manhattan |
| Approach and departure | 121.25 | Manhattan |
| Mhk and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.075 | |
| Manhattan and rco | 122.6 | Manhattan |
| Manhattan and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.35 | Manhattan |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 785-537-1035.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Manhattan from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Manhattan, Kansas: 59 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 business jets. 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 · 15 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
- Index C equip available upon required.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 03; runway end identifier lights runway 21 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 03, 21 and 31; VASI runway 13; operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude: light aircraft 843 above ground level; turbine aircraft 1443 feet above ground level.
- Multicom frequency 122.85 available.
- Runway 13/31 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Nonstd air traffic control minima applied to IFR high performance operations arrival WI cfns of R-3602.
- Military airport 7 MI southwest resembles this airport.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport MAR-MAY and SEP-NOV; wildlife on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 03.
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.