Amelia Earhart Airport | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
Website | cityofatchison.com | ||||||||||
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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.
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]
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and writer. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
The Lockheed Model 10 Electra is an American twin-engined, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2. The type gained considerable fame as one was flown by Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated around-the-world expedition in 1937.
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