Amelia Earhart Airport

Airport
Amelia Earhart Airport is located in Kansas
Amelia Earhart Airport
Amelia Earhart Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 9/27/2022)16,100
Based aircraft25
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Amelia Earhart Airport (FAA LID: K59) is a city-owned airport two miles west of Atchison, in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.[1] It is named for Atchison native Amelia Earhart.

Facilities

Amelia Earhart Airport covers 77 acres (31 ha); its one runway, 16/34, is 3,000 x 48 ft (914 x 14 m) asphalt.[1]

In the year ending September 27, 2022, the airport had 16,100 general aviation aircraft operations, average 44 per day. 25 aircraft were then based at the airport: 22 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 glider.[1]

The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, which had its gala opening on April 14, 2023, is based at the airport.[2] It houses the sole surviving model E version of the Lockheed 10 Electra in which Earhart was lost.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for K59 PDF, effective 2023-09-07
  2. ^ "Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum". Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Home-town Earhart museum opens". Aeroplane. 51 (6): 9. June 2023.

External links

  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for K59
    • AirNav airport information for K59
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for K59
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