Abilene Municipal Airport Explained

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.

Facilities

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]

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2023-09-07
  2. Web site: About Skydive K-State. Dice. Kevin. skydivekstate.com. 2017-04-21.