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K78 Abilene Municipal Airport
Abilene, Kansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: K78
Lat/Long: 38-54-14.6000N 097-14-09.1000W
38-54.243333N 097-14.151667W
38.9040556,-97.2358611
(estimated)
Elevation: 1152.9 ft. / 351.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03E (2025)
From city: 1 mile SW of ABILENE, KS
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 67410

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 05/1946
Control tower: no
ARTCC: KANSAS CITY CENTER
FSS: WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ICT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-SAT 0800-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: MIRL RWY 18/36, PAPI RWY 18 & 36, REIL RWY 18 & 36 OPER DUSK-2200; OTHR TIMES ACTVT -- CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3P: 124.125 (785-802-8625)
MARSHALL AAF GCA APPROACH: 121.25
MARSHALL AAF GCA DEPARTURE: 121.25
  • APCH/DEP CTL SVC PRVDD BY KANSAS CITY ARTCC (ZKC) ON FREQS 134.9/363.2 (SALINA RCAG) WHEN MASHALL APCH CTL (FRI) CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FRIr251/(17.9)FORT RILEY VOR109.4006E
SLNr087/18.0SALINA VORTAC117.1007E
MHKr237/30.1MANHATTAN VOR/DME110.2004E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
HERINGTON297/23.640706EHRU .... .-. ..-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
100LL:24 HR SELF SERVE FUEL.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 4100 x 75 ft. / 1250 x 23 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
PCN 11 /R/C/X/U
Single wheel: 13.0
Double wheel: 16.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 38-54.580945N38-53.905485N
Longitude: 097-14.150700W097-14.151660W
Elevation: 1152.9 ft.1150.2 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 177 magnetic, 180 true357 magnetic, 000 true
Displaced threshold: 186 ft.no
Declared distances: TORA:4100 TODA:4100 ASDA:4100 LDA:3914TORA:4100 TODA:4100 ASDA:4100 LDA:4100
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yes
REIL: LOW/ MEDIUM/ HIGH PILOT CTLD.
yes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 36 ft. trees, 745 ft. from runway, 370 ft. left and right of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
OBSTN CLNC SLOPE 29:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
15 ft. road, 746 ft. from runway, 319 ft. left of centerline, 36:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF ABILENE KANSAS
CITY BUILDING, 419 N. BROADWAY
ABILENE, KS 67410
Phone 785-263-2550
Manager: JIM CURTIS
801 S. WASHINGTON
ABILENE, KS 67410
Phone 785-263-3970

Additional Remarks

COURTESY CAR AVBL.
FOR CD CTC KANSAS CITY ARTCC AT 913-254-8508.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18   download (271KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36   download (240KB)
VOR-A   download (185KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (365KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

3JC - Freeman Field Airport (20 nm NE)
KSLN - Salina Regional Airport (21 nm W)
KHRU - Herington Regional Airport (24 nm SE)
KFRI - Marshall Army Airfield (24 nm E)
KCYW - Clay Center Municipal Airport (29 nm N)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:0613:06
Sunrise07:3613:36
Sunset17:0623:06
Evening civil twilight17:3523:35

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Dec-2025 02:08:21
Local (UTC-6)  08-Dec-2025 20:08:21
 
METAR
KSLN 
21nm W 
090153Z 21015KT 10SM CLR 04/00 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP186 T00440000
KFRI 
23nm E 
090155Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM CLR 05/00 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP179 T00460000 $
KMHK 
29nm NE 
082355Z COR 200/07KT 10SM CLR 04/00 A3006
KMPR 
39nm SW 
090155Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM CLR 01/M01 A3007 RMK AO2 T00071009
TAF
KSLN 
21nm W 
081738Z 0818/0918 19011KT P6SM FEW009 FM081900 20012KT P6SM SCT070 FM090100 21009KT P6SM SKC FM090600 22005KT P6SM FEW240 FM091300 24007KT P6SM FEW230 FM091700 22011KT P6SM FEW240
KFRI 
23nm E 
082000Z 0820/1002 20010G15KT 9999 SKC QNH3011INS BECMG 0910/0911 23006KT 9999 SCT100 QNH2995INS BECMG 0918/0919 24010G20KT 9999 FEW250 QNH2976INS TX13/0919Z TNM01/0914Z
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Abilene Flying Service 785-263-3970
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100LL Jet A
FS $5.43 --- 
SS $5.43 $5.16 
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