FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 FEBRUARY 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 20 February 2025 at 0901Z to 20 March 2025 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 18 | |
download (232KB) |
| 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)
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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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 03-Mar-2025
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(UTC-6) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:32 | | 12:32 |
| Sunrise | | 06:59 | | 12:59 |
| Sunset | | 18:23 | | 00:23 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:49 | | 00:49 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 03-Mar-2025 06:20:06 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 03-Mar-2025 00:20:06 |
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| METAR |
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| KAAO | 030554Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 07/00 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP136 T00720000 10150 20072 401721006 53006
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KBEC
3nm S | 030555Z AUTO 16005KT 10SM CLR 07/00 A2993 RMK AO2 T00681002 10141 20065 401710006
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KIAB
8nm S | 030555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/00 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP135 T00840001 10152 20082 401830013 50005
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K3AU
8nm SE | 030555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/M01 A2994 RMK AO2
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KICT
12nm SW | 030553Z 15006KT 10SM BKN095 BKN150 07/02 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP131 T00720022 10150 20061 401830011 51003
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KEWK
17nm N | 030556Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM CLR 07/01 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP135 T00670006 10128 20061 50003
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KEQA
19nm E | 030555Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 07/00 A2994 RMK AO2
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KIAB
8nm S | 030200Z 0302/0408 16008KT 9999 SCT050 WS020/17035KT QNH2987INS BECMG 0311/0312 16010G15KT 9999 OVC015 WS020/17035KT QNH2986INS BECMG 0315/0316 16012G22KT 9999 OVC015 520209 QNH2953INS BECMG 0402/0403 16010KT 9999 OVC020 550203 530509 QNH2938INS TX15/0321Z TN08/0312Z
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KICT
12nm SW | 030520Z 0306/0406 18008KT P6SM SCT150 FM031300 15011KT P6SM BKN014 FM031500 16015G23KT P6SM OVC008 FM032100 16017G25KT P6SM SCT010 BKN025
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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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