FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 2025
Location
| FAA Identifier: | AAO |
| Lat/Long: | 37-44-51.2670N 097-13-16.0240W
37-44.854450N 097-13.267067W
37.7475742,-97.2211178
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 1420.8 ft. / 433.1 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 06E (2000) |
| From city: | 9 miles NE of WICHITA, KS |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 67226 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1944 |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | KANSAS CITY CENTER |
| FSS: | WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | AAO (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | CONTINUOUS |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | APT LGT SKED: ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36, MALSR RY 18, REIL RY 36 - CTAF. PAPI RYS 18 & 36 OPR CONT. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.7 |
| WX ASOS: | 134.025 (316-636-2541) |
| WICHITA APPROACH: | 134.8 |
| WICHITA DEPARTURE: | 134.8 |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 125.0 |
| WX AWOS-3PT at BEC (3 nm S): | 119.45 (316-515-7116) |
| WX AWOS-2 at 1K1 (5 nm E): | 118.3 (316-530-6004) |
| WX AWOS-3P at 3AU (8 nm SE): | 124.175 (316-733-6696) |
| WX ASOS at ICT (12 nm SW): | PHONE 316-945-8022 |
| WX AWOS-3PT at EWK (19 nm N): | 123.875 (316-283-8789) |
| WX AWOS-3P at EQA (19 nm E): | 120.875 (316-322-8095) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| ICTr083/17.2 | | WICHITA VORTAC | | 113.80 | | 07E |
| HUTr110/36.9 | | HUTCHINSON VOR/DME | | 116.80 | | 04E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
100LL:FOR 24 HOUR FUEL CONTACT FBO |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 6101 x 100 ft. / 1860 x 30 m |
| Surface: | concrete/grooved, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | PCN 15 /R/B/X/T | | Single wheel: | 40.0 | | Double wheel: | 62.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 37-45.353470N | | 37-44.355437N |
| Longitude: | 097-13.191685W | | 097-13.342427W |
| Elevation: | 1401.2 ft. | | 1420.8 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | right | | left |
| Runway heading: | 181 magnetic, 187 true | | 001 magnetic, 007 true |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights | | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | ILS/DME | | |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | WICHITA AIRPORT AUTHORITY
2173 AIR CARGO RD
WICHITA, KS 67209
Phone 316-946-4700 |
| Manager: | MR. JESSE R ROMO, A.A.E.
2173 AIR CARGO ROAD
WICHITA, KS 67209
Phone 316-946-4700 |
Additional Remarks
| - | ATTENDED CONTINUOUSLY. |
| - | USE CTN FOR MCCONNELL AFB 9 MILES S AND BEECH FACTORY ARPT 3 MILES S. |
| - | BEECH FACTORY ARPT CLASS D ASP BEGINS 1 MILE S RWY 18. |
| - | SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY VFR ARR AND DEP NOT RCMDD WO ATC RADAR SVCS DUE TO BEECH FACTORY ARPT AND MCCONNELL AFB CLASS D AFB ASP. |
| - | VFR ARR AND DEP RECOMMENDED TO RMN AT OR BLW 2,500 MSL WITHIN 5 MILES DUE TO HEAVY MIL TFC 3,000 MSL. |
| - | DUE TO 20 RWY END ELEV DIFFERENTIAL, PILOTS MAY LOSE LINE OF SIGHT OF OTR ACFT ON OPPOSING RWY ENDS. |
| - | RWY 18 NSTD TFC PAT. |
| - | ALL TFC PATS W OF FLD. |
| - | RWY 36 DSGND CALM WIND RWY. |
| - | ACFT ENGINE RUNS ABOVE IDLE NOT APPROVED ON ACFT PRKG RAMPS. |
| - | PPR FOR ACFT CARRYING CLASS 1?DIVISION 1.1, 1.2 OR 1.3 EXPLOSIVES AS DEFINED BY 49 CFR 173.50 OR AS AMENDED. |
| - | MIGRATORY BIRDS ON AND IN VCNTY OF ARPT, ALL QUADS. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 23 January 2025 at 0901Z to 20 February 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 18 | |
download (231KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (244KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (253KB) |
| RNAV (GPS)-E | |
download (190KB) |
| NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (140KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (147KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KBEC - Beech Factory Airport (3 nm S)
1K1 - Lloyd Stearman Field Airport (5 nm E)
KCEA - Cessna Aircraft Field Airport (6 nm S)
KIAB - Mc Connell Air Force Base (8 nm S)
3AU - Augusta Municipal Airport (8 nm SE)
KICT - Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National Airport (12 nm SW)
KEWK - Newton City/County Airport (19 nm N)
KEQA - El Dorado/Capt Jack Thomas Memorial Airport (19 nm E)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Matthew Bell
Photo taken 19-Feb-2013
looking south.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Colonel James Jabara Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 01-Feb-2025
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:06 | | 13:06 |
| Sunrise | | 07:34 | | 13:34 |
| Sunset | | 17:51 | | 23:51 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:19 | | 00:19 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 02-Feb-2025 04:23:47 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 01-Feb-2025 22:23:47 |
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| METAR |
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| KAAO | 020354Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/01 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP124 T00720006
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KBEC
3nm S | 020355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/00 A2988 RMK AO2 T00901004
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KIAB
8nm S | 020355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 10/M00 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP120 T01011004
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K3AU
8nm SE | 020355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/M02 A2989 RMK AO2
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KICT
12nm SW | 020353Z 00000KT 10SM SCT220 07/00 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP120 T00720000
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KEWK
17nm N | 020356Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 09/01 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP121 T00890011
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KEQA
19nm E | 020355Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 10/00 A2988 RMK AO2
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KIAB
8nm S | 020200Z 0202/0308 18009KT 9999 SCT250 QNH2989INS BECMG 0209/0210 VRB06KT 9999 SCT200 QNH2990INS BECMG 0217/0218 07009KT 9999 SCT200 QNH2986INS BECMG 0223/0224 17009KT 9999 FEW200 QNH2977INS TX17/0221Z TN03/0212Z
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KICT
12nm SW | 011738Z 0118/0218 18020G29KT P6SM SCT200 FM012200 19017G25KT P6SM SCT250 FM020100 18011KT P6SM SCT240 WS020/21040KT FM020400 19007KT P6SM FEW250 FM021400 02005KT P6SM FEW240
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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