Colby Municipal Airport or Shalz Field is a city-owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 located on Kansas Highway 25, two miles (3 km) north of the city of Colby

Colby, Kansas

Colby is a city in and the county seat of Thomas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,387.-History:...

, in Thomas County

Thomas County, Kansas

Thomas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 7,900...

, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

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The airport's page at the Kansas Department of Transportation

Kansas Department of Transportation

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 Airport Directory lists the name as Shaltz Field, but that is an incorrect spelling as per the Federal Register

Federal Register

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 dated March 8, 2004.

Facilities and aircraft

Shalz Field covers an area of 473 acres (191.4 ha) which contains one concrete

Concrete

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 paved runway

Runway

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, 17/35, measuring 5,110 x 75 ft (1,558 x 23 m). It also has two turf

Grass

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 runways: 12/30 measuring 2,660 x 90 ft (811 x 27 m) and 4/22 measuring 2,600 x 80 ft (792 x 24 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 10, 2007, the airport had 6,506 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 85% general aviation

General aviation

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, 15% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and <1% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 5% multi-engine and 5% ultralight.