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
3
81.8%
DEP / DAY
2
0.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
7 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KWLD 122354Z AUTO 07007KT 10SM CLR 31/19 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP185 T03110189 10322 20294 55009

Runway intelligence

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

17
52% of ops
127 land · 14 TO
13
22% of ops
54 land · 6 TO
31
17% of ops
42 land · 14 TO
35
8% of ops
20 land · 56 TO
Runway 17 carries 52% of operations (127 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

17 127 landings
UA 2%
13 54 landings
UA 7%
31 42 landings
UA 0%
35 20 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 127 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
4.5
flights/day · 135 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 4.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (4.5 vs 4.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 117 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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