So I hear there is you can't fly into or around Manhattan. Does this mean there is no airport nearby? And is this why people always talk that Huggins will have a hard time getting players to play for him under these circumstances?

Manhattan has an airport. The NCAA rule doesn't allow KSU to fly recruits in on it's own plane and there isn't much air traffic. It can handle 727's, but most of the time, the team buses to Topeka(45min), and flies out from there. KU does the same. Recruits either fly in to Topeka or KC(about 2hrs) and drivin to Manhattan. No big deal really.