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47KS ·

Maxwell Airport

38.77060°N

-95.27440°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 60.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 50.0%

Maxwell Airport (47KS) is a small general aviation airport located in Baldwin City, KS, 26 mi west of Olathe. It features 1 runway measuring 2,500 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KFOE, 24 mi away (47KS does not publish METAR)

31m ago

Temp

75°F

Wind

5 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KFOE 030753Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP109 T02390183

Runways

1 installed

2,500 FT MAX

17/35

2,500 ft × 50

TURF○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

50% of ops

18 land · 1 TO

50% of ops

18 land · 0 TO

Runway 17 carries 50% of operations (18 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 50%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17 18 landings

UA 39%

35 18 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 17 show a 39% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 18 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

1.0

flights/day · 30 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 5pm · 1am

Day vs night

43%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–1am local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.1 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (23% of 30 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZKC
Elevation:: 1,013 ft
Mag var:: 4° E

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