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Emporia Municipal Airport

38.33210°N
-96.19120°W
ARR / DAY
4
17.1%
DEP / DAY
5
2.8%

Emporia Municipal Airport (KEMP/EMP) is a small general aviation airport located in Emporia, KS, 57 mi south west of Topeka. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
12 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KEMP 131253Z AUTO 18012G21KT 10SM CLR 27/21 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP076 T02670206

Runway intelligence

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

19
34% of ops
78 land · 29 TO
24
29% of ops
67 land · 46 TO
06
27% of ops
62 land · 38 TO
01
10% of ops
24 land · 20 TO
Runway 19 carries 34% of operations (78 landings, 29 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

19 78 landings
UA 0%
24 67 landings
UA 1%
06 62 landings
UA 0%
01 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 19 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 78 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
8.1
flights/day · 242 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (10.0 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 212 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 126.125
OTHER 122.300
EMPORIA 122.300
OTHER 127.725
EMPORIA 127.725
OTHER 270.250
EMPORIA 270.250
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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