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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Amelia Earhart Airport

Amelia Earhart Airport (FAA LID: K59) is a city-owned airport two miles west of Atchison, in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. It is named for Atchison native Amelia Earhart.

Facilities

Amelia Earhart Airport covers 77 acres (31 ha); its one runway, 16/34, is 3,000 x 48 ft (914 x 14 m) asphalt.

In the year ending September 27, 2022, the airport had 16,100 general aviation aircraft operations, average 44 per day. 25 aircraft were then based at the airport: 22 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, and 1 glider.

The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, which had its gala opening on April 14, 2023, is based at the airport. It houses the sole surviving model E version of the Lockheed 10 Electra in which Earhart was lost.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for K59 PDF, effective 2023-09-07
  2. ^ "Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum". Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Home-town Earhart museum opens". Aeroplane. 51 (6): 9. June 2023.