Atkinson Municipal
PTS · KPTS · Pittsburg, Kansas · Crawford County · map
Atkinson Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pittsburg, 3 miles northwest of Pittsburg, Kansas, 946 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 6,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPTS · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 KPTS 062015Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2999 RMK AO2
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 PTS · ICAO KPTS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Pittsburg
- Elevation
- 946 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 4:00 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
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 46 ft high 1,136 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 53 ft high 1,230 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 44 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 47 ft high 377 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Pts and aWOS-3PT | 118.775 | |
| Edna and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-404-6400.
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 Pittsburg from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Pittsburg, Kansas: 5 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 balloon. 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 · 2 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 04/22 and 17/35; PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 17, 35, 04 and 22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.