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Emporia Municipal Airport

38.33210°N
-96.19120°W
ARR / DAY
3
37.5%
DEP / DAY
3
17.2%

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

55m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
3 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEMP 270653Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP171 T02110200

Runway intelligence

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

24
34% of ops
43 land · 19 TO
19
32% of ops
41 land · 16 TO
06
22% of ops
28 land · 21 TO
01
12% of ops
16 land · 10 TO
Runway 24 carries 34% of operations (43 landings, 19 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 43 landings
UA 2%
19 41 landings
UA 0%
06 28 landings
UA 4%
01 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 43 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
8.0
flights/day · 241 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 8.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (8.1 vs 8.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (50% of 206 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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