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KAAO Colonel James Jabara Airport
Wichita, Kansas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 18   download (273KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18   download (246KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36   download (246KB)
RNAV (GPS)-E   download (190KB)
VOR-A   download (212KB)
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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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3612:36
Sunrise07:0413:04
Sunset17:2223:22
Evening civil twilight17:4923:49

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Nov-2009 04:07:21
Local (UTC-6)  09-Nov-2009 22:07:21
 
METAR
KAAO 100354Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM OVC007 12/11 A3031 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE TSE10 SLP261 T01170106
KIAB 
8nm S 
100357Z AUTO 34012KT 10SM OVC004 12/12 A3030 RMK AO2 WSHFT 0342 LTG DSNT E - S SLP261
KICT 
12nm SW 
100353Z 03009KT 10SM -RA OVC012 13/11 A3030 RMK AO2 RAB52 SLP259 CB MOVD E P0000 T01280106
KEWK 
17nm N 
100355Z AUTO 10006KT 10SM FEW038 OVC055 12/09 A3027 RMK AO1
TAF
KICT 
12nm SW 
092340Z 1000/1024 35007KT 4SM BR VCTS OVC007CB TEMPO 1000/1004 SCT008 OVC015CB FM100400 04005KT 4SM BR OVC008
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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
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 $4.76 $4.61 
 Updated 03-Nov-2009
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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AirNav users who flew into KAAO have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 0.8 87-89
TOWNEPLACE SUITES BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 0.8 89-119
COMFORT INN EAST 4.5 90-100
BEST WESTERN AIRPORT INN & CONFERENCE CENTER 12.1 81-120
 

Other hotels near Colonel James Jabara Airport

Miles Price ($)
CANDLEWOOD SUITES WICHITA - NORTHEAST 0.5 70-95
THE INN AT WILLOWBEND 1.0 89-159
MARRIOTT EXECUSTAY VILLAS WATER 1.1 
WICHITA INN NORTH 1.3 75-80
NORTHROCK SUITES 1.4 89-199
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS WICHITA 1.5 103-129
HAMPTON SUITES WICHITA NE 1.6 89-114
THE INN AT TALLGRASS 1.9 129-189
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT PLAZZIO EAST 3.0 109-150
SPRINGHILL SUITES WICHITA EAST AT PLAZZIO 3.0 139-140
CRESTHILL SUITES HOTEL - WICHITA 3.9 133-134
HAMPTON INN WICHITA EAST 4.5 89-94
STUDIOPLUS WICHITA-EAST 4.5 60-80
MARRIOTT WICHITA 4.6 114-115
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT WICHITA EAST 4.6 89-90
HAWTHORN SUITES WICHITA EAST 4.7 99-129
GUESTHOUSE INN & SUITES 4.8 63-116

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

2 in Park City
60 in Wichita
 

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