Hillside Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located four nautical miles (7 km) northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Stilwell

Stilwell, Kansas

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, a town in Johnson County

Johnson County, Kansas

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, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

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.

Facilities and aircraft

Hillside Airport covers an area of 30 acres (12.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 1,025 feet (312 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 17/35 with a turf

Grass

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 and gravel

Gravel

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 surface measuring is 2,000 by 56 feet (610 x 17 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 2,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 166 per month. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 61% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 39% ultralight.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 22 March 1997 from USGS The National Map