Augusta Municipal Airport is located approximately west of
Augusta in
Butler County,
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
, United States,
[ on the south side of US-54/ US-400 highway. The airport is in the Wichita Metropolitan Service Area and benefits from the many area manufacturers of general aviation aircraft. It is owned by the city of Augusta.
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Facilities
The airport covers ; its one runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
, 18/36, is 4,199 x 60 ft (1,280 x 18 m) asphalt
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.general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
aircraft operations, average 99 per day. 105 aircraft are based at this airport in 2015: 85% single-engine and 15% multi-engine with one jet and four helicopters.
Nearby airports
Other airports in Wichita
* Wichita Mid-Continent Airport
Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport is a commercial airport west of downtown Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is the largest and busiest airport in the state of Kansas. Located south of US-54 in southwest Wichita, it covers 3,24 ...
* Colonel James Jabara Airport
* Beech Factory Airport
* Cessna Aircraft Field
Cessna Aircraft Field is a public use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the central business district of Wichita, in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It is privately owned by the Cessna Aircraft Company.
Faciliti ...
* McConnell Air Force Base
* Westport Airport
Other airports in metro
* El Dorado / Captain Jack Thomas Airport
Other airports in region
* List of airports in Kansas
* List of airports in Oklahoma
References
External links
Airport website
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Airports in Kansas
Buildings and structures in Butler County, Kansas
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