🇺🇸 Philip Billard Municipal Airport

Philip Billard Municipal Airport (KTOP/TOP) is a public airport located three miles northeast of downtown Topeka, Kansas,. It is owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority,.

Notable Features and History:

• Opened in April 1940, the airport is named after Philip L. Billard, a Topeka resident and WWI pilot who was instrumental in forming Kansas's first aviation unit,.
• From its opening until 1976, it served as Topeka's commercial airline hub, with services later moving to Topeka Regional Airport (formerly Forbes Field).
• The airport covers 920 acres and has two asphalt runways: 13/31 (5,099 ft x 100 ft) and 18/36 (4,331 ft x 75 ft),. Runway 13/31 has High Intensity Runway Lights (HIRL) and Runway 18/36 has Medium Intensity Runway Lights (MIRL).
• An Air Traffic Control Tower operates daily from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.,.

Current Status:

• Philip Billard Municipal Airport is operational and open to the public.
• It provides FBO services including 100LL and Jet A fuel,.
• As of July 31, 2019, the airport had 16,447 aircraft operations annually, primarily general aviation, and housed 77 based aircraft.
• There is an active construction notice for the airport.

*Sources researched: mtaa-topeka.org, nfdc.faa.gov, airnav.com, en.wikipedia.org*