📍 Atchison⬆ 1,073 ft1 runways
KK59 ·
Amelia Earhart Airport
39.57050°N
-95.18030°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼
66.7%
DEP / DAY
1
▲
300.0%
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 0 arrivals and 1 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
98°F
Wind
11 kts
210°
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
88% of ops
37 land · 1 TO
16
12% of ops
5 land · 2 TO
Runway 34 carries 88% of operations (37 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 12%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
34
37 landings
UA 5%
16
5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 37 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
1.5
flights/day · 44 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
57%
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)
1
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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