Philip Billard Municipal Airport

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]

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
Websitewww.mtaa-topeka.org/billard-airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 3,002 915 Asphalt
13/31 5,099 1,554 Asphalt
18/36 4,331 1,320 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations65,800
Based aircraft88

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

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 2004 the airport had 65,800 aircraft operations, average 180 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% military and 2% air taxi. 88 aircraft are based at this airport: 78% single engine, 11% multi-engine (10), 6% helicopters, 3% ultralights and 1% jet aircraft.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for TOP PDF, retrieved 15 March 2007
  2. individual airline timetables from timetableimages.com


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