Amelia Earhart Airport

Amelia Earhart Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: K59
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	City of Atchison
Serves	Atchison, Kansas
Elevation  AMSL	1,073 ft / 327 m
Coordinates	39°34′13″N95°10′49″W / 39.57028°N 95.18028°W / 39.57028; -95.18028
Website	cityofatchison.com
Map
Amelia Earhart Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 9/27/2022) 16,100 Based aircraft 25
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1]

Amelia Earhart Airport( FAA LID : K59) is a city-owned airport two miles west of Atchison, in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. ^[1] It is named for Atchison native Amelia Earhart.

Facilities

Amelia Earhart Airport covers 77 acres (31 ha); its one runway, 16/34, is 3,000 x 48 ft (914 x 14 m) asphalt. ^[1]

In the year ending September 27, 2022, the airport had 16,100 general aviation aircraft operations, average 44 per day. 25 aircraft were then based at the airport: 22 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 glider. ^[1]

The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, which had its gala opening on April 14, 2023, is based at the airport. ^[2] It houses the sole surviving model E version of the Lockheed 10 Electra in which Earhart was lost. ^[3]

See also

• List of airports in Kansas

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for K59 PDF , effective 2023-09-07
2. "Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum". Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
3. "Home-town Earhart museum opens". Aeroplane. 51 (6): 9. June 2023.

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for K59
  • AirNav airport information for K59
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for K59