Anthony Municipal Airport

Anthony Municipal Airport (IATA: ANY, ICAO: KANY, FAA LID: ANY) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Anthony, a city in Harper County, Kansas, United States.[1]

Anthony Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Anthony
ServesAnthony, Kansas
Elevation AMSL1,343 ft / 409 m
Coordinates37°09′31″N 098°04′47″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
10/28 2,212 674 Turf
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations (year ending 7/31/2018)6,200
Based aircraft12

History

This airport was originally built in the 1930s by local aviator J. Howard Wilcox. The airport added a beacon in 1938 which is still in use today. In December 1941, Wilcox was asked to head the Kansas Wing of the newly organized Civil Air Patrol (CAP). The Anthony Airport became the Kansas Wing headquarters of the Civil Air Patrol on December 21, 1941.

This airport was turned into a CAP training base for the State of Kansas. The Army stationed several Boeing B-17s here. In the late 1950s the CAP Wing Headquarters moved from Anthony to a larger city, and Wilcox began to further his career in Law.

CAP returned to Anthony in 2008 as a Color Guard in the Anthony Balloon Fest Parade. Although CAP has not yet been re-established in Anthony, CAP has made several appearances in the Harper County Fair Parade in Harper, Kansas, and in the Anthony Christmas Parade. The Civil Air Patrol squadrons that have performed in the parades are Emerald City Composite Squadron out of Wichita, and Cunningham Composite Squadron out of Cunningham.

Facilities and aircraft

Anthony Municipal Airport covers an area of 340 acres (140 ha) which contains two runways: 18/36 with a 5,002 x 75 ft (1,525 x 23 m) asphalt pavement and 10/28 with a 2,212 x 150 ft (674 x 46 m) turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2018, the airport had 6,200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 119 per week. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for ANY PDF, effective 2023-09-07
  • Anthony Republican December 1941-December 1961
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