FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 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 -5 (UTC -6 during Standard 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 316-800-1006 |
| 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 17 April 2025 at 0901Z to 15 May 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 18 | |
download (232KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (245KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (254KB) |
| RNAV (GPS)-E | |
download (191KB) |
| 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)
K50 - Cook Airfield (11 nm S)
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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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 01-May-2025
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:06 | | 11:06 |
| Sunrise | | 06:34 | | 11:34 |
| Sunset | | 20:18 | | 01:18 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 20:46 | | 01:46 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 02-May-2025 00:13:40 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 01-May-2025 19:13:40 |
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| METAR |
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| KAAO | 012354Z AUTO 34008KT 10SM CLR 21/09 A2990 RMK AO2 SLPNO T02060089 10228 20206 53000
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KBEC
3nm S | 012355Z AUTO 34005KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A2990 RMK AO2 T02140073 10226 20205
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KIAB
8nm S | 012355Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM CLR 22/08 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02210082 10237 20216 55000
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K3AU
8nm SE | 012355Z AUTO 32005KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A2990 RMK AO2
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KICT
12nm SW | 012353Z 32009KT 10SM FEW060 FEW110 SCT180 BKN240 22/09 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02170094 10233 20211 55001
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KEWK
17nm N | 012356Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM FEW055 21/09 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02110089 10233 20206 53001
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KEQA
19nm E | 012355Z AUTO 33008KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A2990 RMK AO2
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KIAB
8nm S | 011800Z 0118/0224 32010G17KT 9999 FEW040 QNH2985INS BECMG 0200/0201 34007KT 9999 BKN070 OVC200 QNH2985INS BECMG 0206/0207 36009KT 8000 -SHRA SCT040 OVC070 620809 520403 QNH2994INS BECMG 0210/0211 33007KT 9999 NSW SCT070 BKN200 QNH2995INS BECMG 0214/0215 35012G20KT 9999 FEW025 SCT070 BKN140 510003 QNH2996INS TX24/0121Z TN12/0212Z
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KICT
12nm SW | 011734Z 0118/0218 33010G20KT P6SM FEW030 FEW150 FM020700 VRB03KT P6SM BKN100 FM021100 28007KT P6SM BKN100 FM021500 34013KT P6SM SCT100
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