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Newton City-County Airport lies three miles east of Newton in Harvey County, Kansas, and is jointly owned by the city and county. It offers a long ILS-equipped main runway alongside a shorter crosswind strip, making it a useful reliever field for traffic bound to or from the Wichita area.
Newton City-County Airport (KEWK) is a public-use general aviation airport three miles east of Newton, Kansas, owned jointly by the City of Newton and Harvey County. It has been designated by the FAA as a reliever airport for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, and today supports a mix of general aviation, flight training and light business traffic, including the Hesston College aviation program based in Hangar K.
The airport sits in Harvey County, Kansas, roughly three miles east of the city of Newton. It functions as a general aviation reliever for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, and Wichita Approach/Departure provides the local air traffic advisory service on 125.5 MHz.
Newton City-County has two paved runway pairs. Runway 17/35 is the primary strip at 6,966 feet, hard-surfaced and lit, with an ILS approach serving runway 17. Runway 08/26 is a shorter hard-surfaced, lit crosswind runway at 3,490 feet. Field elevation is 1,529 feet.
Traffic in the vicinity works Wichita Approach/Departure on 125.5 MHz. Weather is available on the AWOS-3 at 123.875 MHz, and clearance delivery is on 126.55 MHz. The CTAF/UNICOM frequency is 123 MHz. Runway 17 is served by an ILS approach.
The airfield was established during the Second World War as a flight training facility for the U.S. Navy. After the war it was converted for civilian use and has since developed into a general aviation transport facility. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011-2015 categorised it as a reliever airport for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.
The airport covers some 635 acres and remains primarily a general aviation facility, with the Hesston College aviation program operating out of Hangar K. In the year ending 21 August 2019 it recorded 65,044 aircraft operations, averaging 178 per day, of which 98 percent were general aviation, 1 percent air taxi and under 1 percent military. Eighty-five aircraft were then based there, comprising 78 single-engine types, four multi-engine aircraft, two jets and one helicopter.
