Philip Billard Municipal
TOP · KTOP · Topeka, Kansas · Shawnee County · map
Philip Billard Municipal is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Topeka, Kansas, 881 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,099 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KTOP · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 10 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the south at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KTOP 061853Z 21010G17KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP140 T02780128
TAF KTOP 061720Z 0618/0718 19009KT P6SM SKC FM062300 19003KT P6SM FEW250
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 TOP · ICAO KTOP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 881 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,099 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,331 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 107 ft high 2,476 ft from the end
- Runway 31: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 52 ft high 340 ft from the end
- Runway 18: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the right, trees 35 ft high 658 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.7 | Topeka |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | · Multicom - 121.900. |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Topeka |
| Top and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.275 | |
| Topeka and center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.8 | Topeka |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 785-274-8258.
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 Topeka from the FAA register
137 aircraft are registered to owners in Topeka, Kansas: 88 piston singles, 14 balloons, 12 business jets, 9 turboprops, 6 piston twins. 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 · 14 since 1982, 2 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 13; runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 31; VASI runway 18 and 31; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Multicom - 121.900.
- Large and small migratory birds on and in the vicinity 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.