Strother Field
WLD · KWLD · Winfield/Arkansas City, Kansas · Cowley County · map
Strother Field is a public-use airport, 5 miles southwest of Winfield/Arkansas City, Kansas, 1,160 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,506 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 22 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KWLD · observed 5:54 pm CDT (22:54 UTC), 36 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 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 KWLD 062254Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP134 T02830128
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 WLD · ICAO KWLD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,506 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,137 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 56 ft high 1,678 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Wld and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.025 | |
| Ponca City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.8 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 620-221-9121.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Winfield/Arkansas City from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Winfield/Arkansas City, KS as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- Pilot lounge key code 1228
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour self serv..
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.