FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 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: | ACTVT MIRL RWY 18/36, MALSR RWY 18, REIL RWY 36 - CTAF. |
| 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 316-636-9700 |
| 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 ROMO
2173 AIR CARGO ROAD
WICHITA, KS 67209
Phone 316-946-4700 |
Additional Remarks
| - | ATTENDED CONTINUOUSLY. |
| - | MCCONNELL AFB 9 MILES S AND BEECH FACTORY ARPT 3 MILES S. |
| - | BEECH FACTORY ARPT CLASS D AIRSPACE 1 MILE S RWY 18. |
| - | SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY VFR ARR AND DEP NOT RECOMMENDED WITHOUT ATC RADAR SVCS DUE TO BEECH FACTORY ARPT AND MCCONNELL AFB CLASS D AIRSPACE. |
| - | VFR ARR AND DEP RECOMMENDED TO RMN AT OR BLW 2,500 MSL WITHIN 5 MILES DUE TO HEAVY MIL TFC 3,000 MSL. |
| - | NO LINE OF SIGHT BETWEEN RWY ENDS. |
| - | RWY 36 DSGND CALM WIND RWY. |
| - | ENGINE RUN-UPS NOT PERMITTED ON ACFT RAMPS. |
| - | PPR FOR ACFT CARRYING CLASS 1 DIVISION 1.1, 1.2 OR 1.3 EXPLOSIVES AS DEFINED BY 49 CFR 173.50. |
| - | BIRDS ON AND IN VCNTY OF ARPT. |
| - | MIGRATORY BIRDS ON AND INVOF OF ARPT. |
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 27 November 2025 at 0901Z to 25 December 2025 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 18 | |
download (231KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (243KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (252KB) |
| RNAV (GPS)-E | |
download (189KB) |
| 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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CAUTION: Diagram may not be current
| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 04-Dec-2025
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 07:00 | | 13:00 |
| Sunrise | | 07:29 | | 13:29 |
| Sunset | | 17:09 | | 23:09 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:38 | | 23:38 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 04-Dec-2025 12:48:34 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 04-Dec-2025 06:48:34 |
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| METAR |
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| KAAO | 041154Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM CLR M07/M12 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP291 T10721117 11028 21072 53001
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KBEC
3nm S | 041215Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM CLR M07/M12 A3035 RMK AO2 T10711118
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KIAB
8nm S | 041155Z AUTO 04012KT 10SM FEW220 M06/M12 A3033 RMK AO2 SLP286 T10581119 11015 21061 52004 $
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K3AU
8nm SE | 041215Z AUTO 02009G15KT 10SM CLR M06/M13 A3035 RMK AO2
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KICT
12nm SW | 041153Z 03010KT 10SM BKN200 M06/M12 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP288 T10611117 11017 21061 53003
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KEWK
17nm N | 041156Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM CLR M08/M11 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP295 70004 T10781106 11044 21078 55001 FZRANO $
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KEQA
19nm E | 041215Z AUTO 03009KT 10SM CLR M06/M11 A3034 RMK AO2
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| TAF |
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KIAB
8nm S | 041000Z 0410/0516 04012KT 9999 FEW070 SCT090 QNH3032INS BECMG 0417/0418 19009KT 9999 FEW090 SCT150 QNH3007INS BECMG 0505/0506 21012KT 9999 SCT020 QNH2996INS TX01/0422Z TNM05/0412Z
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KICT
12nm SW | 041120Z 0412/0512 02007KT P6SM BKN170 FM042100 20005KT P6SM FEW230
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| NOTAMs |
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