KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport
Wichita, KS · 9 miles NE of WICHITA, KS
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KAAO
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1420.8 ft
- Coordinates
- 37-44-51.2670N 097-13-16.0240W
- Lat / Long
- 37.7475742, -97.2211178
- Mag. variation
- 06E (2000)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 07/1944
- ARTCC
- KANSAS CITY CENTER
- FSS
- WICHITA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- AAO (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MIRL RWY 18/36, MALSR RWY 18, REIL RWY 36 - CTAF.
Airport diagram
Range from KAAO
Runways
Longest 6,101 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6101 x 100 ft. / 1860 x 30 m
- Surface
- concrete/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- PCN 15 /R/B/X/T Single wheel
Runway 18
- Heading
- 181 magnetic, 187 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 1401.2 ft.
Runway 36
- Heading
- 001 magnetic, 007 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1420.8 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.7
- Wx Asos
- 134.025 (316-636-2541)
- Wichita Approach
- 134.8
- Wichita Departure
- 134.8
- Clearance Delivery
- 125.0
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:FOR 24 HOUR FUEL CONTACT FBO 316-636-9700
- 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
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.