Sunflower Aerodrome
SN76 · Hutchinson, Kansas · Reno County · map
Sunflower Aerodrome is a private gliderport owned by Sunflower Soaring Foundation, 8 miles south of Hutchinson, Kansas, 1,582 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (car gas (mogas)).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SN76
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Sunflower Soaring Foundation
- Elevation
- 1,582 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Fuel
- car gas (mogas)
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,000 × 200 ft | Asphalt |
Aircraft registered in Hutchinson from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Hutchinson, Kansas: 23 piston singles, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 4 gliders, 2 helicopters, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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 gliderport 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
- Provided each approach is maintd for minimum 20:1 glide slope and trsnl surface maintd for 7:1 slope.
- (E125) includes 15 gliders.
- 10' trees both ends.
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.