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Emporia Municipal Airport

38.33210°N
-96.19120°W
ARR / DAY
3
8.3%
DEP / DAY
3
8.0%

Emporia Municipal Airport (KEMP/EMP) is a small general aviation airport located in Emporia, KS, 57 mi south west of Topeka. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
97°F
Wind
8 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEMP 312353Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 36/16 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP119 T03610156 10394 20361 56006

Runway intelligence

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

24
35% of ops
49 land · 20 TO
19
32% of ops
44 land · 20 TO
06
19% of ops
26 land · 21 TO
01
14% of ops
20 land · 9 TO
Runway 24 carries 35% of operations (49 landings, 20 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

24 49 landings
UA 2%
19 44 landings
UA 0%
06 26 landings
UA 4%
01 20 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 49 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
8.5
flights/day · 254 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 2pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 8.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (8.5 vs 8.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 218 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 126.125
OTHER 122.300
EMPORIA 122.300
OTHER 127.725
EMPORIA 127.725
OTHER 270.250
EMPORIA 270.250
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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