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Emporia Municipal Airport

38.33210°N
-96.19120°W
ARR / DAY
4
6.7%
DEP / DAY
5
26.9%

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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
102°F
Wind
21 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEMP 301953Z AUTO 22021G33KT 10SM CLR 39/17 A2987 RMK AO2 PK WND 22033/1945 SLP098 T03940172

Runway intelligence

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

24
35% of ops
49 land · 21 TO
19
32% of ops
45 land · 19 TO
06
20% of ops
29 land · 22 TO
01
13% of ops
19 land · 9 TO
Runway 24 carries 35% of operations (49 landings, 21 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 45 landings
UA 0%
06 29 landings
UA 3%
01 19 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
8.7
flights/day · 260 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 2pm · 8pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 8.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (9.0 vs 9.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 223 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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