FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 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 10 July 2025 at 0901Z to 07 August 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 18 | |
download (231KB) |
| 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.
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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 17-Jul-2025
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(UTC-5) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:51 | | 10:51 |
| Sunrise | | 06:21 | | 11:21 |
| Sunset | | 20:49 | | 01:49 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:19 | | 02:19 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 17-Jul-2025 16:47:06 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 17-Jul-2025 11:47:06 |
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| METAR |
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| KAAO | 171554Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM OVC006 21/20 A3006 RMK AO2 RAE54 SLP167 P0005 T02060200
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KBEC
3nm S | 171635Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM OVC005 21/21 A3006 RMK AO2 T02090209
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KIAB
8nm S | 171618Z AUTO 14009KT 10SM BKN007 22/21 A3003 RMK AO2 RAE14DZB14E18 CIG 050V060 SLP157
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K3AU
8nm SE | 171555Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM -RA OVC006 20/18 A3007 RMK AO2 P0014
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KICT
12nm SW | 171612Z 11005KT 10SM BKN006 BKN027 OVC090 22/21 A3005 RMK AO2 RAE1556 TSE12 OCNL LTGICCG DSNT S CB DSNT S MOV E P0000 T02170206 $
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KEWK
17nm N | 171636Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM OVC011 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 $
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KEQA
19nm E | 171555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM RA BKN006 BKN034 OVC100 21/20 A3008 RMK AO2 P0005
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KIAB
8nm S | 171420Z 1714/1816 08006KT 9999 VCTS SCT020CB BKN100 OVC200 QNH2994INS TEMPO 1714/1716 VRB10G20KT 8000 -TSRA SCT007 BKN015CB OVC100 BECMG 1715/1716 06010G15KT 9999 VCSH SCT015 BKN025 OVC100 QNH2999INS BECMG 1717/1718 04009KT 9999 NSW BKN020 BKN100 QNH2998INS BECMG 1721/1722 05010G15KT 8000 -SHRA SCT010 BKN020 QNH2997INS BECMG 1802/1803 VRB06KT 9999 NSW BKN010 OVC020 QNH2998INS BECMG 1809/1810 07006KT 9999 SCT015 BKN030 QNH2994INS TX26/1721Z TN21/1714Z
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KICT
12nm SW | 171540Z 1716/1812 06013G23KT P6SM VCTS SCT006 OVC020CB TEMPO 1716/1717 4SM -TSRA BKN005CB FM171700 07006KT P6SM BKN030 FM172300 08007KT P6SM VCTS SCT050CB FM180900 12005KT P6SM BKN030
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