Ulysses Airport
ULS · KULS · Ulysses, Kansas · Grant County · map
Ulysses Airport is a public-use airport owned by Grant County, 1 mile north of Ulysses, Kansas, 3,071 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 6,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KULS · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (150°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 55°F (13°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 KULS 062015Z AUTO 15007KT 10SM CLR 30/13 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 ULS · ICAO KULS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Grant County
- Elevation
- 3,071 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 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
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 4,600 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, power line 40 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 16 ft high 700 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, ant 50 ft high 925 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Uls and aWOS-3PT | 118.95 | |
| Garden City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 620-424-3747.
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 Ulysses from the FAA register
71 aircraft are registered to owners in Ulysses, Kansas: 32 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 14 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 4 gliders. 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; PAPI runway 12, 17, 30, and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runways 12/30 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Also 50 feet building, 1420 feet dstc, 310 feet R, 24:1.
- Glider and ultra light activity 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.