# Philip Billard Municipal Airport (TOP / KTOP)

**Philip Billard Municipal Airport** (IATA: TOP, ICAO: KTOP) is a medium airport in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,099 ft (1,554 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TOP / KTOP
- FAA: TOP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Topeka, Kansas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 881 ft / 269 m
- Coordinates: 39.0699, -95.6226
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,099 ft / 1,554 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.mtaa-topeka.org/billard-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Billard_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7183231
- Weather station: KTOP · WMO 72456
- Ident: KTOP

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Philip Billard Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 5,099 ft / 1,554 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | yes |
| 18/36 | 4,331 ft / 1,320 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 182° / 002° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00620AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,099 ft / 1,554 m | =6,152 of 29,858 | =2,077 in North America | =1,688 in US |
| Elevation | 881 ft / 269 m | #19,854 of 43,403 | #9,091 in North America | #7,403 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 121.275 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| CNTR | KANSAS CITY CNTR | 123.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.700 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | WICHITA RDO | 122.450 |
| TWR | TOPEKA TWR | 118.700 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [FOE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfoe.md) Topeka Regional Airport · 8.5 mi / 14 km
- [MCI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmci.md) Kansas City International Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [MKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmkc.md) Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport · 55 mi / 89 km
- [MHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmhk.md) Manhattan Regional Airport · 56 mi / 91 km
- [FRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfri.md) Marshall Army Air Field · 61 mi / 99 km
- [STJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kstj.md) Rosecrans Memorial Airport · 62 mi / 99 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)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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/ktop/data