Philip Billard Municipal Airport

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Philip Billard Municipal Airport
IATA: TOP – ICAO: KTOP – FAA: TOP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority
Location		Topeka, Kansas
Elevation AMSL		881 ft / 269 m
Coordinates		39°04′07″N 095°37′21″W / 39.06861, -95.6225
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	3,002	915	Asphalt
13/31	5,099	1,554	Asphalt
18/36	4,331	1,320	Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations			65,800
Based aircraft			88
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Philip Billard Municipal Airport (IATA: TOP, ICAO: KTOP, FAA LID: TOP) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Topeka, the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. This airport is publicly owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Philip Billard Municipal Airport covers an area of 920 acres (372 ha) which contains three runways:^[1]

Runway 4/22: 3,002 x 100 ft. (915 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 13/31: 5,099 x 100 ft. (1,554 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 18/36: 4,331 x 75 ft. (1,320 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt

For 12-month period ending 12/31/2004 the airport had 65,800 aircraft operations, an average of 180 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% military and 2% air taxi. There are 88 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single engine, 11% multi-engine (10), 6% helicopters, 3% ultralights and 1% jet aircraft.^[1]