KTOP — Philip Billard Muni
Topeka, KS · field elevation 881 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KTOP current weather Live
MVFR ceiling 1,000–3,000 ft or visibility 3–5 statute miles
METAR KTOP 252253Z 10006KT 10SM OVC024 20/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02000178
- Wind
- from 100° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 2,400 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 20 °C / dewpoint 18 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,448 ft · pressure altitude 691 ft
- Observed
- 63 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 100° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 5 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 18 | 1 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 36 | 1 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 31 | 5 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 20,000–20,000 ft.
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Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KTOP 252320Z 2600/2624 10007KT P6SM BKN040 FM260300 11006KT P6SM OVC100 PROB30 2605/2607 4SM -TSRA OVC025CB FM260700 11005KT 6SM -SHRA OVC070 PROB30 2607/2611 4SM TSRA OVC025CB FM261200 15007KT P6SM BKN100 FM261500 15008KT P6SM VCSH BKN080 FM261800 15010KT P6SM SCT100
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.06882, -95.62238
- Elevation
- 881 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1213Z / 0014Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-1900
- Magnetic variation
- 5°E (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Kansas City
- County
- Shawnee, KS
Airport diagram
Everything else KTOP publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,099 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 18/36 | 4,331 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0700-1900
- 118.7
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 118.7
- UNICOM
- 122.95
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, LOC/BC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KTOP airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Kansas airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.