| Amelia Earhart Airport | |
| Faa: | K59 |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner-Oper: | City of Atchison |
| City-Served: | Atchison, Kansas |
| Coordinates: | 39.5703°N -95.1803°W |
| Elevation-F: | 1,073 |
| Elevation-M: | 327 |
| Website: | cityofatchison.com |
| Pushpin Map: | Kansas |
| R1-Number: | 16/34 |
| R1-Length-F: | 3,000 |
| R1-Length-M: | 914 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2022 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 9/27/2022) |
| Stat1-Data: | 16,100 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 25 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Amelia Earhart Airport is a city-owned airport two miles west of Atchison, in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. It is named for Atchison native Amelia Earhart.
Amelia Earhart Airport covers 77acres; its one runway, 16/34, is 3,000 x 48 ft (914 x 14 m) asphalt.
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.
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]