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
37.5%
DEP / DAY
2
133.3%

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 5,506 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KWLD 272254Z AUTO 10SM SCT075 SCT095 34/14 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP156 T03440144 $

Runway intelligence

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

17
50% of ops
22 land · 4 TO
13
27% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
35
14% of ops
6 land · 12 TO
31
9% of ops
4 land · 4 TO
Runway 17 carries 50% of operations (22 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

17 22 landings
UA 0%
13 12 landings
UA 0%
35 6 landings
UA 0%
31 4 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
2.8
flights/day · 83 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 10pm · 12am
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–7pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (2.5 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 74 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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