Airports / KWLD / Strother FieldIATA WLDModerate ground coverage
Strother Field satellite view
📍 Winfield/Arkansas City⬆ 1,160 ft2 runways
KWLD · WLD

Strother Field

37.16860°N
-97.03760°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 55.6%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 77.8%

Strother Field (KWLD/WLD) is a small general aviation airport located in Winfield/Arkansas City, KS, 40 mi south east of Wichita. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,505 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7m ago
Temp
43°F
Wind
3 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWLD 120954Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 06/03 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP192 T00560028

Runway intelligence

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

17
39% of ops
22 land · 8 TO
13
38% of ops
21 land · 3 TO
31
12% of ops
7 land · 7 TO
35
11% of ops
6 land · 13 TO
Runway 17 carries 39% of operations (22 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

17 22 landings
UA 0%
13 21 landings
UA 0%
31 7 landings
UA 0%
35 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 22 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
3.7
flights/day · 112 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 10pm
Day vs night
56%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–10pm local, averaging 3.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.8 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 97 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 118.025 —
OTHER 122.500 —
STROTHER 122.500 —
PONCA CI 127.800 —
OTHER 127.800 —
PONCA CI 319.100 —
OTHER 319.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
6° E
Fuel:
100LL
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