# Gators Place Airport (9KS8)

**Gators Place Airport** (FAA: 9KS8) is a small airport in Towanda, Kansas, United States. It opened in Apr 2025. It has one runway, 1,146 ft (349 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ks8

## At a glance

- FAA: 9KS8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Towanda, Kansas, United States
- Opened: Apr 2025
- Elevation: 1,326 ft / 404 m
- Coordinates: 37.7503, -97.0474
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,146 ft / 349 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Weather station: K1K1
- Ident: 9KS8

## Timeline

- Apr 2025: Gators Place Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,146 ft / 349 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass |  |  |

- 18/36 slopes 2.6%: threshold 18 at 1,296 ft / 395 m, threshold 36 at 1,326 ft / 404 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,146 ft / 349 m | #29,204 of 29,858 | #15,006 in North America | #13,462 in US |
| Elevation | 1,326 ft / 404 m | =13,552 of 43,403 | =5,840 in North America | =4,502 in US |
| Age | Opened 2025 | =14,775 of 15,079 | =11,902 in North America | =11,758 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [6KS8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6ks8.md) Towanda Farms Airport · 1.6 mi / 2.6 km
- [SN20](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sn20.md) Brady-Pippin Airport · 2.1 mi / 3.4 km
- [1K1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1k1.md) Lloyd Stearman Field · 4.1 mi / 6.6 km
- [13KS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/13ks.md) Daniel's Landing Airport · 5.0 mi / 8.0 km
- [3AU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3au.md) Augusta Municipal Airport · 5.7 mi / 9.2 km
- [SN18](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sn18.md) Sills Air Park · 6.0 mi / 9.7 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ks8/data