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
1
▼ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 8.3%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

51m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
8 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWLD 272354Z AUTO 08008KT 10SM SCT045 26/18 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP137 T02610183 10294 20261 53008 $

Runway intelligence

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

17
41% of ops
22 land · 6 TO
13
31% of ops
17 land · 1 TO
35
17% of ops
9 land · 12 TO
31
11% of ops
6 land · 4 TO
Runway 17 carries 41% of operations (22 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

17 22 landings
UA 0%
13 17 landings
UA 0%
35 9 landings
UA 0%
31 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
3.4
flights/day · 101 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.1 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 88 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 118.025 —
STROTHER 122.500 —
OTHER 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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