FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 07 AUGUST 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 |
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 07 August 2025 at 0901Z to 04 September 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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 |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Matthew Bell
Photo taken 19-Feb-2013
looking south.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 13-Aug-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:16 | | 11:16 |
Sunrise | | 06:44 | | 11:44 |
Sunset | | 20:24 | | 01:24 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:52 | | 01:52 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 14-Aug-2025 01:30:18 |
Local (UTC-5) | 13-Aug-2025 20:30:18 |
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METAR |
KAAO | 140054Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 29/19 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02890194
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KIAB 8nm S | 140055Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 30/20 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP121 T03020204
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K3AU 8nm SE | 140115Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A2995 RMK AO2
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KICT 12nm SW | 140053Z 15008KT 10SM FEW050 29/20 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02940200
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KEWK 17nm N | 140056Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 28/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02830211 $
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KEQA 19nm E | 140115Z AUTO 12006KT 7SM CLR 28/20 A2996 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KIAB 8nm S | 132217Z 1322/1424 17008KT 9999 SCT050 QNH2998INS BECMG 1401/1402 13009KT 9999 SCT050 QNH2997INS BECMG 1413/1414 17010G17KT 9999 FEW050 QNH2993INS TX33/1322Z TN22/1412Z
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KICT 12nm SW | 131720Z 1318/1418 17011KT P6SM FEW035 FM132300 15007KT P6SM FEW230
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NOTAMs |
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