Plains Municipal
S44 · Plains, Kansas · Meade County · map
Plains Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Plains in Plains, Kansas, 2,762 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,350 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA S44
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Plains
- Elevation
- 2,762 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1941
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,350 × 150 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 08/26 | 2,260 × 150 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 02/20 | 1,120 × 100 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 100 ft
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 199 ft
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 150 ft
- Runway 26: threshold displaced 150 ft
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 Plains from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Plains, Kansas: 6 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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 · 6 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
- Provided approaches to EA runway end are maintd for a minimum 20:1 clear glide slope; that a right traffic pattern is estabd to avoid flight over grain elevators to southwest. CONTINUED-THAT a segmented circle is installed as a visual aid to inform pilots of nonstandard traffic pattern.
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.