Mankato Airport
TKO · KTKO · Mankato, Kansas · Jewell County · map
Mankato Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mankato, 1 mile northwest of Mankato, Kansas, 1,859 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,540 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TKO · ICAO KTKO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mankato
- Elevation
- 1,859 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, intmnt
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,540 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,505 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: fence 4 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 09: trees on the approach
- Runway 27: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Mankato from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Mankato, Kansas: 3 piston singles. 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 runway approaches maintenance for minimum 20:1 glide slope and trsnl surface maintenance for 7:1 slope.
- 4 feet fence, 0-100 feet dstc, 75 feet L/R.
- 4 feet fence, 6 feet trees, 5 feet wood posts.
- 09/27 approach ends marked with painted tires.
- Several trees underly approach.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slope
- Painted tires delineate the 4 feet fence on the aer 17.
- Intersection of runway 09/27 and 17/35 - slight change in elevation may cause a rough crossing.
- Lighted/marked tower 2 MI northeast of airport 300' above ground level; also a marked/lighted 300+ above ground level tower approximately 1.5 MI southeast 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.