# Richards Field, Kansas City, United States

**Richards Field** was an airport in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It opened in 1922. It closed in 1949.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0012

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Opened: 1922 (Wikipedia)
- Closed: 1949 (Wikipedia)
- Coordinates: 38.9938, -94.4801
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richards_Field (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7330290
- Weather station: KLXT
- Ident: US-0012

## Timeline

- 1922: Richards Field opens.
- 1949: Richards Field closes.

## Nearby airports

- [MKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmkc.md) Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [MCI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmci.md) Kansas City International Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [SZL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kszl.md) Whiteman Air Force Base · 53 mi / 86 km
- [STJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kstj.md) Rosecrans Memorial Airport · 58 mi / 94 km
- [TOP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktop.md) Philip Billard Municipal Airport · 62 mi / 99 km
- [FOE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfoe.md) Topeka Regional Airport · 64 mi / 102 km

## Sources

- [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: “Richards Field”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richards_Field&oldid=1363074779), revision of 7 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/us-0012/data