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 gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- car gas (mogas); the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- car gas (mogas)
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Hutchinson Regional (9 nm north), Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Ntl Airport (28 nm southeast), MC Pherson Airport (28 nm north), Lyons-Rice County Municipal (29 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Kansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hutchinson from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Hutchinson, Kansas: 23 piston singles, 5 gliders, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Hutchinson:
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hutchinson 35 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 5 gliders, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Skyview Powered Parachute INC 4 aircraft in town
- Wells Aircraft INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kansas 1,146 since 1982 · 149 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kansas 150 landing places
- Kansas 5,738 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SN76.json.
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 27, 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.