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📍 Atchison⬆ 1,073 ft1 runways
KK59 ·

Amelia Earhart Airport

39.57050°N
-95.18030°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KGVW, 60 mi away (KK59 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
86°F
Wind
7 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGVW 312355Z AUTO 12007G12KT 090V150 10SM CLR 30/24 A2995 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
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
43 land · 0 TO
16
12% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
Runway 34 carries 88% of operations (43 landings, 0 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 43 landings
UA 5%
16 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 34 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 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
1.3
flights/day · 40 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 12pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (1.5 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 38 flights). Top three types: , , .

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
AlanM70
11/06/2021
Nice airport
Fuel pump card control wasn't working but friendly local helped out.
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