Airports / KWLD / Strother FieldIATA WLDModerate ground coverage
Strother Field satellite view
📍 Winfield/Arkansas City⬆ 1,160 ft2 runways
KWLD · WLD

Strother Field

37.16860°N
-97.03760°W
ARR / DAY
1
30.0%
DEP / DAY
2
87.5%

Strother Field (KWLD/WLD) is a small general aviation airport located in Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, 40 mi south east of Wichita. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,506 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
99°F
Wind
15 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KWLD 011754Z AUTO 18015G20KT 10SM CLR 37/14 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP151 T03720139 10378 20222 58010 $

Runway intelligence

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

17
50% of ops
21 land · 3 TO
13
21% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
35
17% of ops
7 land · 13 TO
31
12% of ops
5 land · 4 TO
Runway 17 carries 50% of operations (21 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 21%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17 21 landings
UA 0%
13 9 landings
UA 0%
35 7 landings
UA 0%
31 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 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
2.7
flights/day · 80 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 10pm · 8pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.2 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 72 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 118.025
STROTHER 122.500
OTHER 122.500
PONCA CI 127.800
OTHER 127.800
PONCA CI 319.100
OTHER 319.100
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
6° E
Fuel:
100LL
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