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KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport
Wichita, Kansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

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 -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving 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 MIRL RY 18/36, MALSR RY 18, REIL RY 36 - CTAF. PAPI RYS 18 & 36 OPR CONT.
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: PERI
MED.
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 AIRPORT AUTHORITY, 2173 AIR CARGO RD
WICHITA, KS 67209
Phone 316-946-4700

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 90
Single engine airplanes: 54
Multi engine airplanes: 24
Jet airplanes: 10
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 13 May 2008

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 9 February 2012 at 0901Z and 8 March 2012 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 18   download (272KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18   download (249KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36   download (257KB)
RNAV (GPS)-E   download (190KB)
VOR-A   download (211KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (16KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures 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)
KICT - Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (12 nm SW)
KEWK - Newton City/County Airport (19 nm N)
KEQA - Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado Airport (19 nm E)
 
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From to KAAO

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5512:55
Sunrise07:2213:22
Sunset18:0400:04
Evening civil twilight18:3100:31

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Feb-2012 06:08:44
Local (UTC-6)  13-Feb-2012 00:08:44
 
METAR
KAAO 130554Z AUTO 16017KT 3/4SM -SN BR VV009 M04/M05 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP190 P0000 60000 T10391050 11022 21044 410221111 56027
KIAB 
8nm S 
130555Z AUTO 15015KT 2SM R19/3000FT -SN BR OVC010 M04/M04 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP195 P0002 60002 T10361036 11021 21041 410211091 58037
KICT 
12nm SW 
130553Z 16015KT 1SM R01L/P6000FT -SN BR BKN008 OVC015 M03/M04 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP187 P0002 60005 T10331044 11022 21039 400061100 56014
KEWK 
17nm N 
130555Z AUTO 17019KT 1 3/4SM SCT009 OVC016 M04/M07 A3003 RMK AO1 11030 21040 57034
TAF
KIAB 
8nm S 
1305/1402 17010G15KT 4800 -SN OVC020 650209 QNH3010INS BECMG 1305/1306 18015G20KT 0800 SN OVC004 650049 650943 540208 QNH2998INS TEMPO 1309/1315 6000 -FZDZ 660001 BECMG 1314/1315 18015G20KT 6000 -FZDZ OVC004 660001 650109 QNH2990INS BECMG 1316/1317 20010G15KT 8000 -DZ SCT004 OVC020 620209 QNH2975INS T02/1321Z TM05/1312Z COR 130519 LIMITED METWATCH 1305 TIL 1306
KICT 
12nm SW 
130528Z 1306/1406 16014G21KT 5SM -SN BR OVC015 TEMPO 1306/1307 2SM -SN BR OVC012 FM130900 17016G22KT 4SM -FZDZSN BR OVC009 FM131500 18015G22KT P6SM OVC012 FM132300 23012KT P6SM OVC025 FM140300 28007KT P6SM SCT015
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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
toll-free 1-800-435-9622
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Oxygen service, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, GPU / Power cart, Passenger terminal and lounge, Flight training, ...

More info about Midwest Corporate Aviation
Phillips 66
100LL Jet A
FS $6.32 $6.08 
 Updated 08-Feb-2012
 
   5 read write
FS=Full service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Miles Price ($)
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 0.8 89-129
TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 0.8 74-108
COMFORT INN EAST 4.5 75-95
BEST WESTERN AIRPORT INN & CONFERENCE CENTER 12.1 93-136
 

Other hotels near Colonel James Jabara Airport

Miles Price ($)
CANDLEWOOD SUITES WICHITA - NORTHEAST 0.5 66-95
MARRIOTT EXECUSTAY VILLAS WATER 1.1 
WICHITA INN NORTH 1.3 53-63
NORTHROCK SUITES 1.4 112-212
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS WICHITA 1.5 75-114
HAMPTON INN SUITES WICHITANORTHEAST 1.6 93-149
STAYBRIDGE SUITES WICHITA 1.7 
THE INN AT TALLGRASS 1.9 129-229
HILTON GARDEN INN WICHITA 2.2 
HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON * THE WATERFRONT 2.7 
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT PLAZZIO EAST 3.0 89-99
SPRINGHILL SUITES BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST AT PLAZZIO 3.0 109-139
CRESTHILL SUITES HOTEL - WICHITA 3.9 80-199
HAMPTON INN WICHITA EAST 4.5 63-114
STUDIOPLUS WICHITA-EAST 4.5 70-100
MARRIOTT WICHITA 4.6 93-94
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 4.6 84-85

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

3 in Park City
63 in Wichita
1 in Derby
 

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