# Hays Regional Airport (HYS / KHYS)

**Hays Regional Airport** (IATA: HYS, ICAO: KHYS) is a medium airport in Hays, Kansas, United States. It opened in Apr 1960. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,501 ft (1,982 m). In 2025 it handled 34 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/khys

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HYS / KHYS
- FAA: HYS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hays, Kansas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1960
- Elevation: 1,999 ft / 609 m
- Coordinates: 38.8445, -99.2731
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,501 ft / 1,982 m
- Instrument procedures: 9 approaches
- Passengers: 34,487 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3885964
- Weather station: KHYS
- Ident: KHYS

## Timeline

- Apr 1960: Hays Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 6,501 ft / 1,982 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 167° / 347° | yes |
| 04/22 | 4,501 ft / 1,372 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Concrete | 048° / 228° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05440AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 16,508 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 16,695 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 18,939 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 45,110 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 58,341 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 19,325 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 21,609 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 31,343 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 42,409 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 34,647 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 34,487 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 297 mi / 478 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HYS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 34K (2025) | #2,235 of 3,974 | #518 in North America | #350 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,501 ft / 1,982 m | =4,075 of 29,858 | =1,009 in North America | =768 in US |
| Elevation | 1,999 ft / 609 m | =8,916 of 43,403 | =4,063 in North America | =3,078 in US |
| Age | Opened 1960 | =4,584 of 15,079 | =3,130 in North America | =3,055 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 125.525 |
| CNTR | KANSAS CITY CNTR | 124.400 |
| RDO | WICHITA RDO | 122.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [RSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krsl.md) Russell Municipal Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [DDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kddc.md) Dodge City Regional Airport · 84 mi / 135 km
- [SLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksln.md) Salina Municipal Airport · 87 mi / 141 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Hays Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hays_Regional_Airport&oldid=1365149681), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/khys/data