AirNav   Everest Fuels
 
 3230 users online  
9KS8 Gators Place Airport
Towanda, Kansas, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 9KS8
Lat/Long: 37-45-01.2650N 097-02-50.4700W
37-45.021083N 097-02.841167W
37.7503514,-97.0473528
(estimated)
Elevation: 1326 ft. / 404 m (estimated)
From city: 4 miles SW of TOWANDA, KS
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 67144

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 04/2025
Control tower: no
ARTCC: KANSAS CITY CENTER
FSS: WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: ICT (NOTAM-D service not available)
Attendance: 
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-2 at 1K1 (3 nm NW): 118.3 (316-530-6004)
WX AWOS-3P at 3AU (5 nm S): 124.175 (316-733-6696)
WX ASOS at AAO (8 nm W): 134.025 (316-636-2541)
WX AWOS-3PT at BEC (9 nm SW): 119.45 (316-515-7116)
WX AWOS-3P at EQA (11 nm E): 120.875 (316-322-8095)
WX ASOS at ICT (19 nm W): PHONE 316-800-1006

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ICTr082/25.5WICHITA VORTAC113.8007E

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 1146 x 60 ft. / 349 x 18 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 37-45.115500N37-44.926667N
Longitude: 097-02.838333W097-02.844000W
Elevation: 1296.0 ft.1326.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: HARRIS K. BUTLER, III
11199 SW 50TH ST.
TOWANDA, KS 67144
Phone 316-841-3518
Manager: HARRIS K. BUTLER, III
11199 SW 50TH ST.
TOWANDA, KS 67144
Phone 316-841-3518
N725GUMBOW@GMAIL.COM

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 9KS8.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

1K1 - Lloyd Stearman Field Airport (3 nm NW)
3AU - Augusta Municipal Airport (5 nm S)
KAAO - Colonel James Jabara Airport (8 nm W)
KBEC - Beech Factory Airport (9 nm SW)
KEQA - El Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial Airport (11 nm E)
KCEA - Cessna Aircraft Field Airport (11 nm SW)
K50 - Cook Airfield (13 nm SW)
KIAB - Mc Connell Air Force Base (13 nm SW)
KICT - Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport (19 nm W)
  
Loc | Ops | Rwys | IFR | FBO | Links
Com | Nav | Svcs | Stats | Notes
Aerial photo
No photo
 
Airport distance calculator
Flying to Gators Place Airport? Find the distance to fly.

From to 9KS8

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 03-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-6)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5912:59
Sunrise07:2813:28
Sunset17:0823:08
Evening civil twilight17:3723:37

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  03-Dec-2025 18:46:56
Local (UTC-6)  03-Dec-2025 12:46:56
 
METAR
K3AU 
5nm S 		031835Z AUTO 36012G17KT 10SM CLR 07/M02 A3004 RMK AO2
KAAO 
8nm W 		031754Z AUTO 36015G20KT 10SM CLR 06/M01 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP183 T00611011 10061 21017 50012
KBEC 
9nm SW 		031815Z AUTO 36013KT 10SM CLR 06/M01 A3004 RMK AO2 T00591010
KEQA 
11nm E 		031835Z AUTO 01013KT 10SM CLR 08/00 A3004 RMK AO2
KIAB 
13nm SW 		031755Z AUTO 03015KT 10SM BKN200 08/M01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP175 T00771015 10078 21001 50010
KICT 
19nm W 		031753Z 01014KT 10SM FEW070 SCT190 BKN230 06/M01 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP182 T00561011 10067 21006 50013
KEWK 
20nm NW 		031756Z AUTO 02016G20KT 10SM OVC018 06/02 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP186 60004 T00560017 10061 21011 50005 $
TAF
KIAB 
13nm SW 		031800Z 0318/0424 02009KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 BKN200 QNH3003INS BECMG 0319/0320 02012G20KT 9999 BKN020 BKN100 OVC200 620307 QNH3005INS TEMPO 0320/0402 BKN017 OVC100 BECMG 0405/0406 02009KT 9999 SCT025 BKN100 BKN200 QNH3021INS BECMG 0419/0420 17009KT 9999 SCT080 QNH3017INS TX09/0320Z TNM07/0412Z
KICT 
19nm W 		031723Z 0318/0418 02011KT P6SM SCT020 BKN100 FM031900 02015G23KT P6SM BKN020 FM040400 02014KT P6SM SCT020 BKN100 FM041200 03007KT P6SM BKN100
NOTAMs
Click for the latest NOTAMs
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.

 

 
 

Would you like to see your business listed on this page?

 If your business provides an interesting product or service to pilots, flight crews, aircraft, or users of the Gators Place Airport, you should consider listing it here.  To start the listing process, click on the button below
 
Add a business
 

Other Pages about Gators Place Airport

Update a link
 
Copyright © AirNav, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy  Contact