Terminal Procedures

3GV — East Kansas City

GRAIN VALLEY, MO · 3 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

Elevation 835 ft2 runwaysLongest 4,507 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgasVolume NC-3Not for navigation

2 published instrument approaches: 2 RNAV (GPS), serving 2 runway ends.

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Instrument approach procedures

	Chart	Amendment
	RNAV (GPS) RWY 09	0A	PDF
	RNAV (GPS) RWY 27	0	PDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

	Chart	Amendment
	TAKEOFF MINIMUMS	—	PDF

Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.

3GV airport information

Control tower: No
Attendance: All all 0800-dusk
ARTCC: Kansas City Center
Flight service: Columbia
NOTAM facility: COU (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation: 3E
Beacon: White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator: Lighted
Fuel: 100LL avgas
Airframe service: Major
Powerplant service: Major
Bottled oxygen: None
Parking: Tie-downs
Customs: Landing rights airport
Activated: September 1956
Airport area: 120 acres
Ownership: Privately owned
Sectional: Kansas City
Last FAA inspection: 2025-07-31

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

3GV radio frequencies

Service	Frequency	Call sign
CTAF	122.8
Clearance delivery	121.3	Kansas City
Approach	118.4	Kansas City

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

Runway layout at 3GV, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lighting
09/27	4,507 ft	44 ft	Asphalt Excellent	Medium intensity
09 91°T	displaced threshold 303 ft · right-hand circuit
05/23	2,206 ft	20 ft	Asphalt Excellent
23 237°T	right-hand circuit

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where 3GV is

Latitude, longitude39.0146410, -94.2148580

Elevation835 ft

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FAA remarks for 3GV

E111 PRVDD E/W RWY IS ABDND UPON ACTVTN OF NEW E/W (09/27) RWY; APCH TO EACH RWY IS MAINTD FOR A MIN 20:1 GS & TRSNL SFC MAINTD FOR A 7:1 SLOPE.
ACTVT REIL RWY 09; MIRL RWY 09/27 - CTAF.
WIND SOCK
RWY 05/23 STEEP GRADE 60-235 FT NE OF RWY 05 THLD.
NSTD MIRL; NO YELLOW EDGE LGTS LAST 2000 FT BOTH ENDS; ALL EDGE LGTS LCTD 13-15 FT FM PAVEMENT EDGE; RWY 27 ONLY 6 THR LGTS LCTD 18-20 FT E OF THR.
WIDTH VARIANCE 20-25 FT.
WIDTH VARIANCE 44-45 FT.
RR TRACK 0-200 FT FROM RWY, 80-230 FT RIGHT; TREES 20-35 FT, 0-200 FT FROM RWY, 130-250 FT RIGHT.
RWY 09 1-20 FT GND 0-200 FT FM RWY END LEFT & RIGHT; +16 FT SIGNS 145 FT FM RWY END 80 FT LEFT; 10-25 FT ROAD 0-200 FT FM RWY END 125-160 FT LEFT; +1-50 FT TREES & RR 0-200 FT FM RWY END 200-250 FT RIGHT.
HNGR BLDG 16-26 FT, 125-200 FT FM RWY END, 180-250 FT LEFT.
+1-33 FT BRUSH; TREES; FENCE; RR; ROAD & BLDGS 0-200 FT FM RWY END LEFT & RIGHT.
0:1 TO DSPLCD THLD; +1-5 FT GND 0-90 FT FM RWY END 70-130 FT RIGHT.
WATERFOWL ON & INVOF ARPT.
NTSD RWY SAFETY AREA ALL RWY ENDS; INSUFFICIENT LENS & INCOR TRRN GRADES; NO RWY SAFETY AREA BYD RWY 05 & 27.
FOR CD CTC KANSAS CITY APCH AT 816-329-2710.

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Procedure coverage

East Kansas City’s two RNAV (GPS) approaches serve only two of the field’s four runway ends, leaving the remaining ends without a published instrument approach. The contrast between the runways is substantial: 09/27, at 4,507 ft, provides more than twice the available length of 2,206 ft runway 05/23, so the shorter strip places a much tighter limit on the aircraft able to use it.

Local chart context

Nearby procedure coverage varies sharply. Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Field, Kansas City/Lee’s Summit Regional and Midwest National Air Center have comparatively broad chart sets; Excelsior Springs Memorial and Skyhaven are much more lightly covered. The Kansas City Sectional supplies wider regional VFR context, while the Terminal Area Chart gives a more detailed view around Kansas City than the instrument procedures provide.

Airports near 3GV

ID	Airport	City	Distance	Charts
KLXT	Kansas City/Lee'S Summit Rgnl	LEE'S SUMMIT, MO	8 nm SW	19
KMKC	Kansas City Downtown/Wheeler Fld	KANSAS CITY, MO	19 nm W	22
3EX	Excelsior Springs Meml	EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO	19 nm N	2
KGPH	Midwest Ntl Air Center	MOSBY, MO	20 nm N	16
KRCM	Skyhaven	WARRENSBURG, MO	24 nm SE	4
KLRY	Lawrence Smith Meml	HARRISONVILLE, MO	25 nm S	4
KHIG	Higginsville Industrial Muni	HIGGINSVILLE, MO	25 nm E	3
KOJC	Johnson County Exec	OLATHE, KS	26 nm W	19

VFR charts covering 3GV

Kansas CitySectional Chart Kansas CityTerminal Area Chart

Common questions about 3GV

What charts are available for 3GV?

3 current FAA charts for East Kansas City, including 2 instrument approachs. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for 3GV?

CTAF 122.8; Clearance delivery 121.3. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at 3GV?

East Kansas City has 2 runways. The longest is 09/27 at 4,507 ft by 44 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does 3GV have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total 3GV has 2 published instrument approaches, of which 2 are RNAV (GPS).

Is 3GV a towered airport?

No — East Kansas City has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these 3GV charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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