Kansas cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 2,811 cell towers and other antenna sites in Kansas: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Kansas 24th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 1,102 sites (39%). Wichita has the most listed sites of any city, at 129.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Kansas ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Kansas
Verizon is named on the most Kansas sites, 368 of them (13%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in Kansas are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Kansas sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 368 | 13% |
| AT&T | 98 | 3.5% |
| T-Mobile | 37 | 1.3% |
Who owns the towers in Kansas
The largest single owner name in Kansas is American Towers LLC, with 363 sites (13%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Towers LLC | 363 | 13% |
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 147 | 5.2% |
| Kansas Department of Transportation | 126 | 4.5% |
| Alltel Corporation | 118 | 4.2% |
| SBA Towers II LLC | 88 | 3.1% |
| Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 85 | 3.0% |
| Nex-Tech Wireless | 45 | 1.6% |
| Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. | 42 | 1.5% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 1,102 | 39% |
| Guyed tower | 735 | 26% |
| Lattice tower | 371 | 13% |
| Other structure | 254 | 9.0% |
| Monopole | 188 | 6.7% |
| Pole | 61 | 2.2% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita | 129 | Towers around Wichita |
| Topeka | 63 | Towers around Topeka |
| Kansas City | 43 | Towers around Kansas City |
| Salina | 40 | Towers around Salina |
| Hutchinson | 32 | Towers around Hutchinson |
| Garden City | 32 | Towers around Garden City |
| Mcpherson | 28 | Towers around Mcpherson |
| Lawrence | 27 | Towers around Lawrence |
| Liberal | 24 | Towers around Liberal |
| Great Bend | 22 | Towers around Great Bend |
Tallest registered structures in Kansas
The tallest is a tower near Burrton at 1,453 feet (443 m) overall, owned by Gray Local Media, Inc.. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,453 ft | Tower | Burrton | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1046283 |
| 1,440 ft | Tower | Topeka | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1031887 |
| 1,434 ft | Guyed tower | Topeka | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1315212 |
| 1,253 ft | Tower | Arkansas City | SummitMedia, LLC | 1032117 |
| 1,247 ft | Tower | Brewster | SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP. | 1251399 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in Kansas are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.