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Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport

37.77410°N
-96.81760°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼ 8.8%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 24.3%

Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport (KEQA/EDK) is a small general aviation airport located in El Dorado, KS, 29 mi east of Wichita. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,204 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
97°F
Wind
6 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KEQA 282055Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM BKN120 36/22 A2988 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

4,204 FT MAX
04/22
4,204 ft × 75
ASP● LITHIGH
15/33
4,200 ft × 75
CON● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

15
33% of ops
121 land · 87 TO
22
32% of ops
118 land · 82 TO
04
25% of ops
92 land · 74 TO
33
11% of ops
40 land · 9 TO
Runway 15 carries 33% of operations (121 landings, 87 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

15 121 landings
UA 15%
22 118 landings
UA 12%
04 92 landings
UA 7%
33 40 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 15 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 121 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
10.9
flights/day · 327 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 10.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (6.5 vs 13.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

113 · 42%
44 · 16%
33 · 12%
16 · 6%
8 · 3%
5 · 2%
Activity is led by (42% of 269 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 134.800 —
APCH 269.100 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 120.875 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Flyguy80
3/16/2009
Cheap Gas, Great Service, Under New Managment!
Cheapest fuel around SE Kansas. 3.00/gal for 100LL after Tax! they sell Auto also, 1.89.gal and Jet A 3.59/gal. The airport is under new managment. They now have wireless internet, and vending services. Has a "vintage" feel to it. The manager had said the possibility of having "Dawn Patrols" on the weekends in the future. If anybody has been to one they know they are a lot of fun!
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