Philip Billard Municipal Airport

Philip Billard Municipal Airport (IATA: TOP, ICAO: KTOP, FAA LID: TOP) is a public airport three miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Topeka, the capital city of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority.

Commercial airline service for Topeka used this airport until 1976. Beginning in the early 1940s TWA, Continental, and Braniff Airways stopped here, and Ozark appeared for a couple years starting around 1951. Braniff left in 1954 and Continental in 1961; Central replaced TWA in 1958 and merged into the original Frontier Airlines in 1967. Frontier continued serving the airport until the move to Forbes Field, now the Topeka Regional Airport, in 1976.

Facilities and aircraft

Philip Billard Municipal Airport covers 920 acres (370 ha) and has two runways:

• 13/31: 5,099 ft × 100 ft (1,554 m × 30 m) asphalt
• 18/36: 4,331 ft × 75 ft (1,320 m × 23 m) asphalt

In the year ending July 31, 2019, the airport had 16,447 aircraft operations, average 45 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 2% military. 77 aircraft were then based at this airport: 68 single engine, 5 multi-engine , 2 jets, and 2 helicopters.

See also

• List of airports in Kansas

References

External links

• Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for TOP
  • AirNav airport information for KTOP
  • ASN accident history for TOP
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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