Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport KMKC / MKC
Directly across the Missouri River from downtown Kansas City, five minutes from the Power & Light District and Arrowhead traffic, with two FBOs, CBP and a 7,000 ft runway. One of the most convenient downtown airports in the US.
7,002 ft
Longest runway
5 min
Drive to Kansas City
2
FBOs / handlers
758 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- No
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 2 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Up to Gulfstream/Global class.
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support Kansas City
- Atlantic Aviation Kansas City
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 7,002 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
- Bombardier Global 8000 5,760 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X 5,900 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo needs 6,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) needs 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft