Hays Regional Airport — Hays, United States

HYS is Hays Regional Airport, serving Hays, Kansas, a small city in the north-central part of the state along Interstate 70. The airport provides scheduled commercial service through the Essential Air Service program, linking Hays to a larger hub such as Denver, which allows residents of this rural region access to broader air travel networks despite low population density. HYS also supports general aviation, agricultural flying, and university-related travel connected to Fort Hays State University, located in the city. The surrounding High Plains landscape of wheat farms and ranches depends on HYS for business travel and occasional medical transport. Federal subsidy programs have helped keep commercial air service viable at this otherwise low-traffic airport.