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) and about 36 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 21,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Ulysses Airport?
Its FAA code is ULS, and its ICAO code is KULS.
Where is Ulysses Airport?
It is 1 mile north of Ulysses, Kansas, 3,071 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Ulysses Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 6,000 feet long.
Does Ulysses Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ulysses Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ulysses Airport?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Ulysses Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Stanton County Municipal (17 nm west), Garden City Regional (36 nm northeast), Liberal Mid-America Regional (39 nm southeast).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 26 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 21,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 400 |
| general aviation, travelling | 6,000 |
| general aviation, local | 15,100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Kansas.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ulysses 71 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 14 helicopters
- Tri Rotor Spray & Chemical 18 aircraft in town
- Tri-Rotor Spray & Chemical 7 aircraft in town
- North Star Aviation INC 4 aircraft in town
- Mid America Sprayers INC 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 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/ULS.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.