K59

Amelia Earhart Airport

FAA K5939.5705°N 95.1803°W1,073 ft / 327 mSmall airport
On the map

Amelia Earhart Airport (FAA: K59) is a small airport in Atchison, Kansas, United States. It opened in Jun 1952. It has one runway, 3,000 ft (914 m) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1952–1952
JUN 1952
OpenedAmelia Earhart Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16/34173° / 353° · LIT · SLOPE 1.1%
LENGTH3,000 ft914 mWIDTH48 ft15 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,000 ft914 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=15,835of 29,823 · =6,442 North America · =5,446 USElevation1,073 ft327 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=16,558of 43,341 · =7,291 North America · =5,779 USAgeOpened 19522026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,844of 15,079 · =2,673 North America · =2,612 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
A/DST JOSEPH APP/DEP120.350
CLDCLNC DEL118.100
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800