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]
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^ abcdFAA Airport Form 5010 for K59 PDF, effective 2023-09-07
amelia, earhart, airport, city, owned, airport, miles, west, atchison, atchison, county, kansas, united, states, named, atchison, native, amelia, earhart, iata, noneicao, nonefaa, k59summaryairport, typepublicowner, operatorcity, atchisonservesatchison, kansas. 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 AirportIATA noneICAO noneFAA LID K59SummaryAirport typePublicOwner OperatorCity of AtchisonServesAtchison KansasElevation AMSL1 073 ft 327 mCoordinates39 34 13 N 95 10 49 W 39 57028 N 95 18028 W 39 57028 95 18028Websitecityofatchison comMapAmelia Earhart AirportRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m16 34 3 000 914 AsphaltStatistics 2022 Aircraft operations year ending 9 27 2022 16 100Based aircraft25Source Federal Aviation Administration 1 Facilities editAmelia 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 References edit a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for K59 PDF effective 2023 09 07 Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation Retrieved 28 July 2023 Home town Earhart museum opens Aeroplane 51 6 9 June 2023 External links editResources 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 nbsp This Kansas airport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Amelia Earhart Airport amp oldid 1178243976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
