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
0
81.8%
DEP / DAY
0
82.4%

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 5,506 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

41m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
5 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KWLD 250254Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM FEW065 27/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02670239 53005 $

Runway intelligence

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

17
58% of ops
97 land · 13 TO
13
26% of ops
43 land · 4 TO
31
8% of ops
14 land · 14 TO
35
7% of ops
12 land · 53 TO
Runway 17 carries 58% of operations (97 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

17 97 landings
UA 3%
13 43 landings
UA 0%
31 14 landings
UA 0%
35 12 landings
UA 33%
Approaches to 17 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 97 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
3.6
flights/day · 108 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (4.2 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 84 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
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