Colby Municipal Airport Shalz Field | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Colby | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Colby, Kansas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,187 ft / 971 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°25′39″N 101°02′48″W / 39.42750°N 101.04667°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Colby Municipal Airport or Shalz Field (IATA: CBK, ICAO: KCBK, FAA LID: CBK) is on Kansas Highway 25, two miles (3 km) north of Colby, in Thomas County, Kansas.[1][2]
The airport's page at the Kansas Department of Transportation Airport Directory lists the name as Shaltz Field,[3] but that spelling is incorrect as per the Federal Register dated March 8, 2004.[4]
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Facilities
Shalz Field covers 473 acres (191 ha); its concrete runway, 17/35, is 5,110 x 75 ft (1,558 x 23 m). It has two turf runways: 12/30 is 2,660 x 90 ft (811 x 27 m) and 4/22 is 2,600 x 80 ft (792 x 24 m).[2]
In the year ending September 18, 2021 the airport had 5,550 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. In April 2022, there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.[2]
History
The Colby airport had commuter airline service in the late 1960s/early 1970s by Air Midwest with nonstop flights to Denver as well as flights to Wichita making stops in Great Bend and Hutchison, Kansas. Air Midwest used Cessna 402 aircraft.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Colby Municipal Airport, Shalz Field at City of Colby web site
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for CBK PDF, effective April 21, 2022
- ^ "Shaltz Field (CBK)" (PDF). page from Kansas DOT Airport Directory
- ^ "Federal Register, Vol. 69, No. 45, March 8, 2004" (PDF).. "Shalz Field was incorrectly spelled as Shaltz Field".
- ^ Official Airline Guide, November 15, 1969 edition
External links
- FAA Terminal Procedures for CBK, effective November 30, 2023
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for CBK
- AirNav airport information for CBK
- ASN accident history for CBK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for CBK
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This page was last edited on 5 December 2023, at 13:03