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| Salina Municipal Airport |
| IATA: SLN - ICAO: KSLN |
| Summary |
| Airport type |
Public |
| Operator |
Salina Airport Authority |
| Serves |
Salina, Kansas |
| Elevation AMSL |
1,288 ft (392.6 m) |
| Coordinates |
38°47′27″N, 97°39′08″W |
| Runways |
| Direction |
Length |
Surface |
| ft |
m |
| 17/35 |
12,300 |
3,749 |
Asphalt |
| 12/30 |
6,510 |
1,984 |
Asphalt |
| 18/36 |
4,300 |
1,311 |
Asphalt |
| 4/22 |
3,648 |
1,112 |
Asphalt |
Salina Municipal Airport (IATA: SLN, ICAO: KSLN), formerly Schilling Air Force Base and Smoky Hill Air Force Base, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Salina, in Saline County, Kansas, USA. The airport covers 2,954 acres and has four runways. Its main runway served as the landing strip for Shilling Air Force Base. The airport is mostly used for general aviation. but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Salina Municipal Airport is also the home of the Kansas State University - Salina flight department.
The airport was used as the takeoff and landing point for the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, flown by Steve Fossett in the first nonstop, non-refueled solo circumnavigation of the earth from February 28 to March 3, 2005. Fossett also used the airport as the takeoff and landing point for a later nonstop and nonrefueled solo circumnavigation in the GlobalFlyer from March 14 to March 17, 2006 which set a new record for greatest distance traveled by an aircraft on a closed course.
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