Philip Billard Municipal Airport

Philip Billard Municipal Airport (KTOP) is a medium airport in Topeka, KS. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KTOP or IATA code TOP. It sits in North America.

Philip Billard Municipal Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 5,099-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 5,099 ft (1,554 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.

Philip Billard Municipal Airport sits near sea level at 881 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 20 departing and 72 arriving private-jet legs at KTOP across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KTOP are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Philip Billard Municipal Airport is a public airport three miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Topeka, the capital city of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is owned by the Metropolitan Topeka Airport Authority.