📍 Atchison⬆ 1,073 ft1 runways
KK59 ·
Amelia Earhart Airport
39.57050°N
-95.18030°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲
125.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▲
0.0%
Amelia Earhart Airport (KK59) is a small general aviation airport located in Atchison, KS, 43 mi north west of Kansas City. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KSTJ, 20 mi away (KK59 does not publish METAR)
Temp
83°F
Wind
10 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
16/34
3,000 ft × 48
ASP● LITLOW
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
34
90% of ops
27 land · 1 TO
16
10% of ops
3 land · 1 TO
Runway 34 carries 90% of operations (27 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 10%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
34
27 landings
UA 4%
16
3 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 27 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
1.4
flights/day · 43 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 4pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| APCH | 120.350 | — |
| APCH | 124.700 | — |
| APCH | 284.700 | — |
| APCH | 360.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
| AWOS | 123.675 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZKC
- Elevation:
- 1,073 ft
- Mag var:
- 2° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
AL
AlanM70
11/06/2021
Fuel pump card control wasn't working but friendly local helped out.
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