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Abilene Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 38°54′15″N 097°14′09″W / 38.90417°N 97.23583°W / 38.90417; -97.23583
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For the airport serving Abilene, Texas, see Abilene Regional Airport.

38°54′15″N 097°14′09″W / 38.90417°N 97.23583°W / 38.90417; -97.23583

Abilene Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Abilene
ServesAbilene, Kansas
Elevation AMSL1,152 ft / 351 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,100 1,250 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 10/24/2022)35,600
Based aircraft17

Abilene Municipal Airport (FAA LID: K78) is a city-owned public airport located one mile southwest of Abilene, in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States.[1]

Facilities

Abilene Municipal Airport covers 195 acres (79 ha) 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.[1]

The Kansas State University Parachute Club has operated at the airport most weekends since 2012, offering tandem skydives and solo skydive training.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for K78 PDF, effective 2023-09-07
  2. ^ Dice, Kevin. "About | Skydive K-State". skydivekstate.com. Retrieved 2017-04-21.

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