Tri-City Airport (Kansas)


Tri-City Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located 11 nautical miles west of the central business district of Parsons, a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States.
In 1942 this was the Cherryvale Army Air Force Auxiliary Field #9 for the Independence Army Airfield.
Between 1979 and 1986, PPF was served by Air Midwest operating under Eastern Airlines. The aircraft used was a 19-seat Swearingen Metroliner.

Facilities and aircraft

Tri-City Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 900 feet above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a concrete surface measuring 5,000 by 75 feet.
For the 12-month period ending July 3, 2008, the airport had 6,000 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 92% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 3% military. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine and 13% multi-engine.