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47KS ·

Maxwell Airport

38.77060°N

-95.27440°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 50.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 200.0%

Maxwell Airport (47KS) is a small general aviation airport located in Baldwin City, KS, 26 mi west of Olathe. It features 1 runway measuring 2,500 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KIXD, 21 mi away (47KS does not publish METAR)

31m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

4 kts

80°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KIXD 140253Z 08004KT 10SM CLR 25/18 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP214 T02500178 53011 $

Runways

1 installed

2,500 FT MAX

17/35

2,500 ft × 50

TURF○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

57% of ops

31 land · 0 TO

43% of ops

23 land · 4 TO

Runway 17 carries 57% of operations (31 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35 at 43%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

17 31 landings

UA 16%

35 23 landings

UA 4%

Approaches to 17 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 31 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

0.7

flights/day · 20 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 1pm · 3pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 0.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (1.0 vs 0.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (35% of 20 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZKC
Elevation:: 1,013 ft
Mag var:: 4° E

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