| Colby Municipal Airport Shalz Field |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: CBK – ICAO: KCBK – FAA LID: CBK | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Colby | ||
| Serves | Colby, Kansas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,187 ft / 971 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 5,110 | 1,558 | Concrete |
| 12/30 | 2,660 | 811 | Turf |
| 4/22 | 2,600 | 792 | Turf |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 6,506 | ||
| Based aircraft | 19 | ||
| Sources: airport web page[1] and FAA[2] | |||
Colby Municipal Airport or Shalz Field (IATA: CBK, ICAO: KCBK, FAA LID: CBK) is a city-owned, public-use airport located on Kansas Highway 25, two miles (3 km) north of the city of Colby, in Thomas County, Kansas, United States.[1][2]
The airport's page at the Kansas Department of Transportation Airport Directory lists the name as Shaltz Field[3], but that is an incorrect spelling as per the Federal Register dated March 8, 2004.[4]
Shalz Field covers an area of 473 acres (191 ha) which contains one concrete paved runway, 17/35, measuring 5,110 x 75 ft (1,558 x 23 m). It also has two turf runways: 12/30 measuring 2,660 x 90 ft (811 x 27 m) and 4/22 measuring 2,600 x 80 ft (792 x 24 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending July 10, 2007, the airport had 6,506 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 85% general aviation, 15% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 5% ultralight.[2]