Cheyenne County Municipal Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located one mile (2 km) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 of St. Francis

St. Francis, Kansas

St. Francis is a city in and the county seat of Cheyenne County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,329.-Geography:St. Francis is located at...

, a city in Cheyenne County

Cheyenne County, Kansas

Cheyenne County is a county located in Northwest Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 2,726. Its county seat and most populous city is St...

, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

United States

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. This airport is publicly owned by City of St. Francis.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

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, Cheyenne County Municipal Airport is assigned SYF by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SYF to Silva Bay on Gabriola Island

Gabriola Island

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 in British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

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). The airport's ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

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 identifier is KSYF.

Facilities and aircraft

Cheyenne County Municipal Airport covers an area of 307 acres (124.2 ha) which contains four runway

Runway

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s:

• Runway 9/27: 1,799 x 280 ft (548 x 85 m), Surface: Turf
• Runway 13L/31R: 2,833 x 180 ft (863 x 55 m), Surface: Turf
• Runway 13R/31L: 3,138 x 50 ft (956 x 15 m), Surface: Asphalt
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• Runway 18/36: 2,313 x 280 ft (705 x 85 m), Surface: Turf

For 12-month period ending June 7, 2006, the airport had 3,950 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 96% general aviation

General aviation

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 and air taxi

Air taxi

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. There are 12 aircraft based at this airport, all single engine.

External links

• Grace Flying Service, the airport's fixed base operator
  Fixed base operator
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• Stearman Fly-In, held annually at the airport