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This is a list of airports in Kansas (a U.S. state ), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport ( IATA: MKC [2], ICAO: KMKC, FAA LID: MKC) is a city-owned, public-use airport serving Kansas City, Missouri, United States. [1] Located in Clay County, [1] this facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
Fairfax Municipal Airport (known as Fairfax Field during World War II) was a Kansas City, Kansas airfield from 1921 that was used during 1935–1949 by the military. Federal land adjacent to the airfield included a WWII B-25 Mitchell plant and modification center and a Military Air Transport terminal. After being used as a Cold War -era Air Force Base, it was used for airliner servicing by TWA ...
The city is located at the intersection of Interstate 70, U.S. Route 40, and U.S. Route 83 in northwest Kansas. It is in the northeast corner of Logan County, and portions of it extend into Gove County (between 8th and 9th Streets) and Thomas County (from the northeast corner of Oakley Municipal Airport (FAA: OEL; ICAO: KOEL) ).
In just days, Kansas City will have a new gateway to the metro area with the opening of the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport.
During World War II, Kansas was a major United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) training center for pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Kansas was favored because it has excellent, year-round flying conditions. The sparsely populated land made ideal locations for gunnery, bombing, and training ranges.
G. Garden City Army Airfield. Goodland Municipal Airport. Great Bend Army Air Field.
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