Cheyenne County Municipal
SYF · KSYF · St Francis, Kansas · Cheyenne County · map
Cheyenne County Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Cheyenne County, 1 mile south of St Francis, Kansas, 3,430 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,200 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KSYF · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 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 KSYF 062155Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 32/05 A2997 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 SYF · ICAO KSYF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cheyenne County
- Elevation
- 3,430 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,200 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 2,313 × 280 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 200 ft, 5,000 ft available for landing, trees 36 ft high 662 ft from the end
- Runway 18: road 15 ft high 55 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Syf and aWOS-3P | 118.925 | |
| Goodland and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 785-306-1050.
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 St Francis from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in St Francis, Kansas: 1 piston single. 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 · 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 the approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the trsnl surface be maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- 35 feet power line at 450 feet 0B.
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.