Philip Billard Municipal Airport

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Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Philip Billard airport - runway 36
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMetropolitan Topeka Airport Authority
LocationTopeka, Kansas
Elevation AMSL881 ft / 269 m
Coordinates39°04′07″N 095°37′21″W / 39.06861°N 95.62250°W / 39.06861; -95.62250
Websitewww.mtaa-topeka.org/billard-airport
Map
TOP is located in Kansas
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Location of airport in Kansas
TOP is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 5,099 1,554 Asphalt
18/36 4,331 1,320 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/31/2019)16,447
Based aircraft77

Philip Billard Municipal Airport (IATA: TOP, ICAO: KTOP, FAA LID: TOP) is a public airport three miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Topeka, the capital city of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority.[1]

Commercial airline service for Topeka used this airport until 1976. Beginning in the early 1940s TWA, Continental, and Braniff Airways stopped here, and Ozark appeared for a couple years starting around 1951. Braniff left in 1954 and Continental in 1961; Central replaced TWA in 1958 and merged into the original Frontier Airlines in 1967. Frontier continued serving the airport until the move to Forbes Field, now the Topeka Regional Airport, in 1976.[2]

Facilities and aircraft[edit]

Philip Billard Municipal Airport covers 920 acres (370 ha) and has two runways:[1]

  • 13/31: 5,099 ft × 100 ft (1,554 m × 30 m) asphalt
  • 18/36: 4,331 ft × 75 ft (1,320 m × 23 m) asphalt

In the year ending July 31, 2019, the airport had 16,447 aircraft operations, average 45 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and 2% military. 77 aircraft were then based at this airport: 68 single engine, 5 multi-engine , 2 jets, and 2 helicopters.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for TOP PDF Effective May 16, 2024.
  2. ^ individual airline timetables from timetableimages.com

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