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Colby Municipal Airport

Shalz Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Colby
ServesColby, Kansas
Elevation AMSL3,187 ft / 971 m
Coordinates39°25′39″N 101°02′48″W / 39.42750°N 101.04667°W / 39.42750; -101.04667
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CBK is located in Kansas
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CBK is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,110 1,558 Concrete
12/30 2,660 811 Turf
4/22 2,600 792 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2021)5,550
Based aircraft (2022)24
Sources: airport web page[1] and FAA[2]

Colby Municipal Airport or Shalz Field (IATA: CBK, ICAO: KCBK, FAA LID: CBK) is on Kansas Highway 25, two miles (3 km) north of Colby, in Thomas County, Kansas.[1][2]

The airport's page at the Kansas Department of Transportation Airport Directory lists the name as Shaltz Field,[3] but that spelling is incorrect as per the Federal Register dated March 8, 2004.[4]

Facilities

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Shalz Field covers 473 acres (191 ha); its concrete runway, 17/35, is 5,110 x 75 ft (1,558 x 23 m). It has two turf runways: 12/30 is 2,660 x 90 ft (811 x 27 m) and 4/22 is 2,600 x 80 ft (792 x 24 m).[2]

In the year ending September 18, 2021 the airport had 5,550 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. In April 2022, there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.[2]

History

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The Colby airport had commuter airline service in the late 1960s/early 1970s by Air Midwest with nonstop flights to Denver as well as flights to Wichita making stops in Great Bend and Hutchison, Kansas. Air Midwest used Cessna 402 aircraft.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Colby Municipal Airport, Shalz Field at City of Colby web site
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for CBK PDF, effective April 21, 2022
  3. ^ "Shaltz Field (CBK)" (PDF). page from Kansas DOT Airport Directory
  4. ^ "Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 45, March 8, 2004" (PDF).. "Shalz Field was incorrectly spelled as Shaltz Field".
  5. ^ Official Airline Guide, November 15, 1969 edition
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