- Colby Municipal Airport
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Colby Municipal Airport
Shalz FieldIATA: CBK – ICAO: KCBK – FAA LID: CBK Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Colby Serves Colby, Kansas Elevation AMSL 3,187 ft / 971 m Coordinates 39°25′39″N 101°02′48″W / 39.4275°N 101.04667°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 5,110 1,558 Concrete 12/30 2,660 811 Turf 4/22 2,600 792 Turf Statistics (2007) Aircraft operations 6,506 Based aircraft 19 Sources: airport web page[1] and FAA[2] Colby Municipal Airport or Shalz Field (IATA: CBK, ICAO: KCBK, FAA LID: CBK) is a city-owned, public-use airport located on Kansas Highway 25, two miles (3 km) north of the city of Colby, in Thomas County, Kansas, United States.[1][2]
The airport's page at the Kansas Department of Transportation Airport Directory lists the name as Shaltz Field[3], but that is an incorrect spelling as per the Federal Register dated March 8, 2004.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Shalz Field covers an area of 473 acres (191 ha) which contains one concrete paved runway, 17/35, measuring 5,110 x 75 ft (1,558 x 23 m). It also has two turf runways: 12/30 measuring 2,660 x 90 ft (811 x 27 m) and 4/22 measuring 2,600 x 80 ft (792 x 24 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending July 10, 2007, the airport had 6,506 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 85% general aviation, 15% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 5% ultralight.[2]
References
- ^ a b Colby Municipal Airport, Shalz Field at City of Colby web site
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CBK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
- ^ Shaltz Field (CBK)PDF page from Kansas DOT Airport Directory
- ^ Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 45, March 8, 2004PDF. "Shalz Field was incorrectly spelled as Shaltz Field".
External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CBK, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for CBK
- ASN accident history for CBK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for CBK
Categories:- Airports in Kansas
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