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KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport
Wichita, Kansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: AAO
Lat/Long: 37-44-51.3000N / 097-13-16.0000W
37-44.855000N / 097-13.266667W
37.7475833 / -97.2211111
(estimated)
Elevation: 1421 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
Sectional chart: WICHITA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: KANSAS CITY CENTER
FSS: WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AAO (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: CONTINUOUS
Pattern altitude: 2221 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT PAPI RYS 18 & 36 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

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 ASOS at ICT (12 nm SW): PHONE 316-945-8022
WX AWOS-3 at EWK (19 nm N): 123.875 (316-283-8789)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
ICTr083/17.2WICHITA VORTAC113.8007E
HUTr105/36.9HUTCHINSON VOR/DME116.8009E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
NEWTON167/19.228106EEWK . .-- -.-
EL DORADO259/19.338305EEQA . --.- .-
WELLINGTON011/26.741407EEGT . --. -

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Oil available: CTAF 122.7 USED JOINTLY BY WITH BEECH ARPT WHEN BEECH ATCT CLSD.
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: 
Single wheel: 40.0
Double wheel: 62.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 37-45.353383N37-44.355423N
Longitude: 097-13.191737W097-13.342418W
Elevation: 1401.2 ft.1420.8 ft.
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 181 magnetic, 187 true001 magnetic, 007 true
Markings: precision, in good conditionnonprecision, 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: noyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS/DME

Helipad H1

Dimensions: 50 x 50 ft. / 15 x 15 m
Surface: concrete, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
PERIMETER LGTS.
Traffic pattern: leftleft

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: VICTOR WHITE
WICHITA ARPT AUTHORITY, 2173 AIR CARGO RD
WICHITA, KS 67209
Phone 316-946-4700

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 108
Single engine airplanes: 65
Multi engine airplanes: 30
Jet airplanes: 10
Helicopters: 1
Ultralights: 1
Military aircraft: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 105/day *
50% transient general aviation
47% local general aviation
3% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 31 May 2006

Additional Remarks

NOISE SENSITIVE AREAS TO THE SOUTH & WEST.
MIGRATORY BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
PPR REQUIRED FOR ACFT CARRYING CLASS 1 - DIVISION 1.1; 1.2 OR 1.3 EXPLOSIVES AS DEFINED BY 49 CFR 173.50.
VFR ARRIVALS FM E/SE CTC BEECH ATCT ON FREQ 126.80 FOR BEECH FACTORY ARPT TFC ADVISORIES.
BE ALERT FOR MILITARY ACFT W OF FIELD AT 3000 FT.
RY 18 VFR DEPS MAKE RIGHT DOWNWIND DEP.
DUE TO RY & TWY END ELEVATION DIFFERENTIALS & ACFT HGT, PILOTS MAY LOSE LINE OF SIGHT OF OTHER ACFT ON OPPOSING RY & TWY ENDS.
CAUTION: OBSERVE PUBLISHED TRAFFIC PATTERNS, BEECH FACTORY FLD RY 18 FINAL ONLY ONE MILE TO THE EAST.

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 between 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (276KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 **CHANGED**   download (247KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 **CHANGED**   download (244KB)
RNAV (GPS)-E **CHANGED**   download (193KB)
VOR-A   download (214KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (16KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (25KB)

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)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 20-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5410:54
Sunrise06:2411:24
Sunset20:4601:46
Evening civil twilight21:1602:16

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  20-Jul-2008 11:21:24
Local (UTC-5)  20-Jul-2008 06:21:24
 
METAR
KAAO 200954Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 24/18 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02440183
KIAB 
8nm S 
201055Z AUTO 18008KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP150 T02260184 $
KICT 
12nm SW 
200953Z 17007KT 7SM SCT100 23/19 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP141 T02280189
KEWK 
17nm N 
201035Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3000 RMK AO1
TAF
KIAB 
8nm S 
201010 17008KT 9999 SCT100 QNH2998INS BECMG 1314 20012G18KT 9999 FEW100 QNH2995INS BECMG 0102 17008KT 9999 SKC QNH2996INS T36/21Z T23/12Z
KICT 
12nm SW 
200520Z 200606 18008KT P6SM SCT150 FM1500 20012KT P6SM SCT250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Midwest Corporate Aviation 316-636-9700
800-435-9622
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Oxygen service, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, GPU / Power cart, Passenger terminal and lounge, Flight training, ...

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Phillips 66


FS 
100LL 
$6.00 
Jet A 
$6.75 
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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AirNav users who flew into KAAO have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 0.8 71-144
TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 0.8 79-89
COMFORT INN EAST 4.5 63-100
BEST WESTERN AIRPORT INN & CONFERENCE CENTER 12.1 93-95
 

Other hotels near Colonel James Jabara Airport

Miles Price ($)
THE INN AT WILLOWBEND 1.0 90-159
NORTHROCK SUITES 1.4 86-87
THE INN AT TALLGRASS 1.9 79-167
HILTON GARDEN INN WICHITA 2.2 
HOMEWOOD STE ICT WATERFRONT 2.5 98-139
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT PLAZZIO EAST 3.0 119-144
CRESTHILL SUITES HOTEL - WICHITA 3.9 119-120
HAMPTON INN WICHITA EAST 4.6 103-134
STUDIOPLUS WICHITA-EAST 4.6 65-80
FAIRFIELD INN WICHITA EAST 4.6 54-89
MARRIOTT WICHITA 4.6 84-199
HAWTHORN WICHITA EAST 4.7 82-149
CLUBHOUSE INN & SUITES 4.8 55-56
SUPER 8 MOTEL - WICHITA/EAST KELLOGG AREA 4.8 55-56
ECONO LODGE WICHITA 4.8 50-55
AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN 5.0 79
WESLEY INN 5.6 81-96

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Colonel James Jabara Airport

2 in Park City
48 in Wichita
 

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