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Class E (sfc)

Hays Regional Airport

ID KHYS FAA HYS Elev 1,999 ft Lat 38° 50.67' N Lon 99° 16.39' W Zulu …

Live conditions at KHYS

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FAA Airport Diagram · KHYS

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Runways at KHYS

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 6,501 ft. Max gradient: 0.24%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
16 167.4° 6,501 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.24%
34 347.4° 6,501 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.24%
04 048° 4,501 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.06%
22 228° 4,501 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.06%

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

4 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • AWOS AWOS 3 125.525
  • CNTR KANSAS CITY CNTR 124.400
  • RDO WICHITA RDO 122.300
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

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Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KHYS, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom. Cycle 22JAN2026.

5 matched · 54 not yet translated

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, HIRL Rwy 17–35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 34; REIL Rwys 16, 04 and 22; PAPI Rwy 16, 34, 04 and 22; MIRL Rwy 16–34 and 04–22. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, HIRL Rwy 17–35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 34; REIL Rwys 16, 04 and 22; PAPI Rwy 16, 34, 04 and 22; MIRL Rwy 16–34 and 04–22. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, PAPI Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, MIRL Rwy 17–35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (5)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, HIRL Rwy 17–35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT PAPI Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, HIRL Rwy 17–35—CTAF

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 34; REIL Rwys 16, 04 and 22; PAPI Rwy 16, 34, 04 and 22; MIRL Rwy 16–34 and 04–22. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    Actvt MALSR Rwy 34; REIL Rwys 16, 04 and 22; PAPI Rwy 16, 34, 04 and 22; MIRL Rwy 16–34 and 04–22—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Birds and deer on and invof the arpt.

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, PAPI Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, MIRL Rwy 17–35. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT REIL Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, PAPI Rwy 17 and Rwy 35, MIRL Rwy 17–35—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Wildlife on and invof rwys.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (54 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·102 KANSAS HARPER MUNI (8K2) 1 SW UTC–6(–5DT) N37º16.69´ W98º02.61´ 1427 NOTAM FILE ICT RWY 17–35: H3268X38 (ASPH) HIRL RWY 17: PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.25º TCH 57´.
  • ·RWY 35: PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.25º TCH 58´.
  • ·RWY 12–30: 2138X160 (TURF) RWY 12: P–line.
  • ·Rwy 17 PAPI unusbl byd 3 degs L of cntrln.
  • ·Rwy 12, 3 ft ditch 50 fm N end.
  • ·Rwy end 12: mkd with metal orange cones.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 620-896-2511
  • ·CTAF 122.9 ®WICHITA APP/DEP CON 126.7 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Wichita Apch at 316-350-1520.
  • ·COMM/NAV/WEATHER REMARKS: CTAF: Automated UNICOM; 3 clicks ADZY and WX, 4 clicks radio check.
  • ·ADZY also avbl by calling 617–262–3825.
  • ·HARVS N38º08.70´ W97º16.57´ NOTAM FILE EWK.
  • ·NDB (LOMW) 395 CA 174º 5.3 NM to Newton–City–Co. 1530/6E.
  • ·HAYS RGNL (HYS)(KHYS) 3 SE UTC–6(–5DT) N38º50.53´ W99º16.39´ 1999 B ARFF Index—See Remarks NOTAM FILE HYS RWY 16–34: H6501X100 (CONC) S–75, D–90, 2D–120 PCR 270 R/C/W/T MIRL RWY 16: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 43´.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 43´.
  • ·RWY 04–22: H4501X75 (CONC) S–28, D–38 PCR 80 R/C/W/T MIRL RWY 04: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 42´.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 42´.
  • ·RWY 04: TORA–4500 TODA–4500 ASDA–4500 LDA–4500 RWY 16: TORA–6501 TODA–6501 ASDA–6501 LDA–6501 RWY 22: TORA–4500 TODA–4500 ASDA–4500 LDA–4500 RWY 34: TORA–6501 TODA–6501 ASDA–6501 LDA–6501
  • ·Attended dalgt hrs exc July 4th, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
  • ·Ultralight activity on and invof arpt.
  • ·For FBO hrs of operation ctc 785–628–8881.
  • ·For after hrs fuel ctc FBO.
  • ·Arpt closed to unscheduled air carrier ops with more than 30 passenger seats except 24 hrs PPR call arpt manager 785–625–1011.
  • ·ARFF Index B equipment is provided for scheduled air carrier ops and is avbl for unscheduled air carrier ops with 24 hr PPR.
  • ·No turf tkofs or ldgs allowed on the airfield.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 785-628-7370
  • ·AWOS–3PT 125.525 (785) 625–3562.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 RCO 122.3 (WICHITA RADIO) ®KANSAS CITY CENTER APP/DEP CON 124.4 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD if una to ctc on FSS freq, ctc Kansas City ARTCC at 913-254-8508.
  • ·CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE WICHITA L–15D IAP WICHITA WICHITA H–5B, L–10H IAP, AD NC, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026 KANSAS 103 CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE

+ 24 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

IATA · HYS

Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KHYS — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KHYS

26 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

12

since 1982

Fatal

0

0.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

0

no recent events

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 36,221 ops in 1990

2024 total

25,347

10-yr total

318,869

2024 mix

AC/AT 14% · GA 85% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=26

  • Other 19
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Loss of control 1

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2012-03-12 Beech 1900D · Gear-up →
2011-09-06 Cessna A185F · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1997-03-26 ROCHETTE RANS S-12 XL · Weather · VMC · dusk →
1996-05-18 SCHLITTER RANS S6ES COYOTE II · Stall / spin · VMC · dawn →
1991-01-19 RANS COMPANY S-11 PURSUIT · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1989-11-10 Piper PA-32-300 · Hard landing · dusk →
1988-09-16 Aero Commander 500B · Other · VMC · dawn →
1987-12-26 Piper PA-28R-201T · Fuel exhaustion · day →
1985-08-10 Cessna 172 · Other · VMC · day →
1985-06-29 Piper PA-28-140 · Other · VMC · day →
1981-09-22 Cessna 152 · Other →
1980-05-02 Piper PA-34 · Other →
1979-08-03 Mitsubishi MU-2B · Other →
1978-11-16 Beech G18S · Other →
1977-03-19 Piper PA-22 · Other →
1976-08-17 Cessna 402 · Other →
1975-12-21 Piper PA-24 · Other →
1973-08-27 Piper PA-28 · Other →
1971-06-18 Cessna 182L · Other →
1968-04-11 Piper PA-28 · Other →
1968-01-19 Cessna 177 · Other →
1967-04-18 Cessna 150 · Other →
1966-08-25 Cessna 150E · Other →
1965-06-19 Piper PA-25 · Other →
1964-08-24 Cessna 170 · Other →
1964-04-11 Piper PA20 · Other →

Designees in KS

Every aviation professional and organization in the same state as KHYS — instructors, examiners, mechanics, schools, FBOs, flying clubs, repair shops, EAA chapters. Click any category to drill into the full directory.

CFI

852

Flight Instructors

A&P

3,852

Mechanics

AME

34

Medical Examiners (AME)

DME

12

Mechanic Examiners (DME)

DAR-F

8

Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F)

DAR-T

7

Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T)

DER-Y

10

Engineering — Company (DER-Y)

DER-T

70

Engineering — Consultant (DER-T)

SAE

23

Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE)

TCE

98

Training Center Evaluators (TCE)

ODA

14

Organizational Designations

Schools

28

Flight Schools

FBO

75

Fixed Base Operators

Clubs

14

Flying Clubs

Repair

4

Repair / Maintenance Shops

EAA

13

EAA Chapters

DPEs near KHYS

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Christina Genova Dodge City KS 74 nm
Anthony B Condon Salina KS 78 nm
Brandy Suzonne Shaw Salina KS 78 nm
William Robert Mcdonald Salina KS 78 nm
Shane Scott De Weese Hutchinson KS 79 nm
Jared Jay Bixenman Colby KS 89 nm
Michael Eugene Tevis Andale KS 100 nm
Gerald Warren Griggs Goddard KS 108 nm
Matthew Paul Freund Goddard KS 108 nm
Christopher Dale Bleakney Wichita KS 114 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KHYS

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Danny George Dinkel Jr Hays KS 3 nm
Gary Todd Taylor Hays KS 3 nm
Jay Michael Simpson Hays KS 3 nm
Jed Edward Simpson Hays KS 3 nm
Byron Robin Enfield Hays KS 3 nm
Mason Gene Angel Natoma KS 24 nm
Landon Mitchell Keller Palco KS 28 nm
Timothy James Maresch Nekoma KS 29 nm
Thomas Henry Mahoney Dorrance KS 32 nm
Jeffrey Warren Seewald Great Bend KS 37 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KHYS

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Leo William Blasi Hays KS 3 nm
Joyce Marie Pfeifer Hays KS 3 nm
Randall Joseph Schlitter Hays KS 3 nm
Delvin Frederick Bader Hays KS 3 nm
Christopher Edward York Hays KS 3 nm
Steven Joseph Pfeifer Victoria KS 6 nm
John Kevin Landauer Ellis KS 14 nm
Nathan Joseph Schuler Ellis KS 14 nm
Larry Dave Bracken Jr La Crosse KS 19 nm
Marlin Alvin Dumler Russell KS 20 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KHYS

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
Wrenn Aviation
Enid, OK
 164 nm
Eno Aviation
Garnett, KS
 193 nm
Butler Avionics, Inc
New Century, KS
 205 nm
West Maintenance
New Century, KS
 205 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
 223 nm
Red Man Aviation
Tulsa, OK
 230 nm
Mike's Aircraft Repair
Pittsburg, KS
 230 nm
Avionics Services, Inc.
Norman, OK
 233 nm
ForwardVue Aviation
Claremore, OK
 237 nm
Mile High Aircraft Services
Watkins, CO
 251 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.