Oakley Municipal
OEL · KOEL · Oakley, Kansas · Logan County · map
Oakley Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Oakley, 2 miles southeast of Oakley, Kansas, 3,045 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 5,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 12,100 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KOEL · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 44°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KOEL 062235Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 32/06 A2994 RMK AO1 T03160064
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 OEL · ICAO KOEL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Oakley
- Elevation
- 3,045 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, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1953
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 2,153 × 110 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, building 20 ft high 670 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: road 14 ft high 375 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Oel and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Goodland and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 785-671-4194.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Oakley from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Oakley, Kansas: 5 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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 · 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees right and 6 degrees left of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees left of centerline.
- Fuel H24 self service.
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.