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Blosser Municipal Airport

39°32′57″N 097°39′08″W / 39.54917°N 97.65222°W / 39.54917; -97.65222

Blosser Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Concordia
ServesConcordia, Kansas
Elevation AMSL1,486 ft / 453 m
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 3,600 1,097 Asphalt
12/30 2,205 672 Turf
3/21 1,665 507 Turf
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations14,550
Based aircraft9

Blosser Municipal Airport (IATA: CNK, ICAO: KCNK, FAA LID: CNK) is two miles south of Concordia, in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. The airport was named after Charles H. Blosser, a longtime Concordia resident, aviation enthusiast, and former city mayor. It is on land originally owned by the Blosser family.

Facilities

The airport covers 209 acres (85 ha); its one asphalt runway (17/35) is 3,600 ft × 60 ft (1,097 m × 18 m). It has two turf runways: 12/30 is 2,205 ft × 265 ft (672 m × 81 m) and 3/21 is 1,665 ft × 255 ft (507 m × 78 m).

In the year ending July 24, 2007 the airport had 14,550 aircraft operations, average 39 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. Nine aircraft were then based at the airport: eight single-engine and one ultralight.

History

In 1930, Charlie Blosser laid the first dirt airstrip on his farm. He later donated the land to the city for airport use.

See also

References

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for CNK PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ "Blosser Spends His 84 Years High in the Sky". Fort Scott Tribune. November 7, 1979. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "Tires Trouble Aerial Tradition". Warsaw, Indiana Times-Union. September 7, 1978. Retrieved August 7, 2013.