The Amelia Earhart Airport is named in honour Atchison native and national hero Amelia Earhart. The airport has one runway measuring in at 914 meters with an asphalt surface and covers and area of 77 acres. It is a owned by the city, and the airport is located just two miles west of Atchison, in Atchison County, Kansas. For the operational year ending in March 2006, this airport had handled an average of 44 aviation operations a day, totalling 16 100 for the year.

Air Charter Service offers direct private jet charter services to the Amelia Earhart Airport.