Chanute Martin Johnson Airport is a city-owned

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located two miles southwest of Chanute, in Neosho County,

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. It is named for Martin Johnson, of the husband-and-wife explorers

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, although it was Osa and not Martin who was native to Chanute.

Facilities

The airport covers at an

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of 1,002 feet (305 m) above

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. It has 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 4,255 x 75 ft (1,297 x 23 m)

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. In the year ending December 31, 2016 the airport had 1,700 aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day: 99%

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and less than 1% military. In March 2022, there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.

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