MKC

Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport

ICAO KMKC39.1232°N 94.5928°W757 ft / 231 mMedium airport
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Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (IATA: MKC, ICAO: KMKC) is a medium airport in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It opened in 1927. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,827 ft (2,081 m). In 2025 it handled 10 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1927–1927
1927
OpenedCharles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
01/19013° / 193° · LIT
LENGTH6,827 ft2,081 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
04/22038° / 218° · LIT
LENGTH5,050 ft1,539 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
6K
6K
8K
9K
10K
10K
151921222425

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
250 km500 km750 km1,000 km250 mi500 miLCK · Rickenbacker International Airport · 624 mi / 1,004 kmLCKMKC

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MKC. From the Wikipedia article “Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport” (revision of 15 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers10K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,708of 3,974 · #661 North America · #464 USLongest runway6,827 ft2,081 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,667of 29,823 · =894 North America · =679 USElevation757 ft231 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,213of 43,341 · =10,510 North America · =8,666 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 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

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP119.000
ATISATIS120.750
CLDCLNC DEL121.900
GNDGND121.900
RDOCOLUMBIA RDO122.600
TWRDOWNTOWN TWR133.300
UNICUNICOM122.950