Cheyenne County Municipal Airport

Cheyenne County Municipal Airport (ICAO: KSYF, FAA LID: SYF) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) south of the central business district of St. Francis, a city in Cheyenne County, Kansas, United States. This airport is publicly owned by City of St. Francis.[1]

Cheyenne County Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of St. Francis
LocationSt. Francis, Kansas
Elevation AMSL3,411 ft / 1,040 m
Coordinates39°45′40″N 101°47′45″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 1,799 548 Turf
13L/31R 2,833 863 Turf
13R/31L 3,138 956 Asphalt
18/36 2,313 705 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations3,950
Based aircraft12

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Cheyenne County Municipal Airport is assigned SYF by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SYF to Silva Bay on Gabriola Island in British Columbia, Canada). The airport's ICAO identifier is KSYF.[2][3]

Facilities and aircraft

Cheyenne County Municipal Airport covers an area of 307 acres (124 ha) which contains four runways:[1]

  • Runway 9/27: 1,799 x 280 ft (548 x 85 m), Surface: Turf
  • Runway 13L/31R: 2,833 x 180 ft (863 x 55 m), Surface: Turf
  • Runway 13R/31L: 3,138 x 50 ft (956 x 15 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 18/36: 2,313 x 280 ft (705 x 85 m), Surface: Turf

For 12-month period ending June 7, 2006, the airport had 3,950 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 96% general aviation and air taxi. There are 12 aircraft based at this airport, all single engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for SYF PDF, retrieved 15 March 2007
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KSYF - St. Francis, Kansas (Cheyenne County Municipal)
  3. Great Circle Mapper: SYF - Silva Bay, British Columbia, Canada


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