Abilene Municipal Airport | |
Faa: | K78 |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Abilene |
City-Served: | Abilene, Kansas |
Elevation-F: | 1,152 |
Elevation-M: | 351 |
R1-Number: | 17/35 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,100 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,250 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2022 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 10/24/2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 35,600 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 17 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Abilene Municipal Airport is a city-owned public airport located one mile southwest of Abilene, in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.
Abilene Municipal Airport covers 195acres and has one asphalt runway, 17/35, 4,100 x 75 ft (1,250 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending October 24, 2022, the airport had 35,600 aircraft operations, average 97 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 17 aircraft are based at the airport: all single-engine.
The Kansas State University Parachute Club has operated at the airport most weekends since 2012, offering tandem skydives and solo skydive training.[2]