Colby Municipal Airport

Colby Municipal Airport or Shalz Field (IATA: CBK, ICAO: KCBK, FAA LID: CBK) is on Kansas Highway 25, two miles (3 km) north of Colby, in Thomas County, Kansas.[1][2]

Colby Municipal Airport

Shalz Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Colby
ServesColby, Kansas
Elevation AMSL3,187 ft / 971 m
Coordinates39°25′39″N 101°02′48″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 operations6,506
Based aircraft19
Sources: airport web page[1] and FAA[2]

The airport's page at the Kansas Department of Transportation Airport Directory lists the name as Shaltz Field,[3] but that spelling is incorrect as per the Federal Register dated March 8, 2004.[4]

Facilities

Shalz Field covers 473 acres (191 ha); its concrete runway, 17/35, is 5,110 x 75 ft (1,558 x 23 m). It has two turf runways: 12/30 is 2,660 x 90 ft (811 x 27 m) and 4/22 is 2,600 x 80 ft (792 x 24 m).[2]

In the year ending July 10, 2007 the airport had 6,506 aircraft operations, average 17 per day: 85% general aviation, 15% air taxi and <1% military. 19 aircraft were then based at the airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 5% ultralight.[2]

History

The Colby airport had commuter airline service in the late 1960s/early 1970s by Air Midwest with nonstop flights to Denver as well as flights to Wichita making stops in Great Bend and Hutchison, Kansas. Air Midwest used Cessna 402 aircraft.[5]

References
  1. Colby Municipal Airport, Shalz Field at City of Colby web site
  2. FAA Airport Form 5010 for CBK PDF, effective 2008-04-10
  3. "Shaltz Field (CBK)" (PDF). page from Kansas DOT Airport Directory
  4. "Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 45, March 8, 2004" (PDF).. "Shalz Field was incorrectly spelled as Shaltz Field".
  5. Official Airline Guide, November 15, 1969 edition


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