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Wichita · US

Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO)

1,421 ft MSL1 listed runwaysTower status unverified
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THE FIELD

Runways

18/36

6,101 × 100 ft

CONC · FAA lighting code: MED

Traffic patterns & runway remarks

Traffic pattern · 18

Published direction
Right traffic
Pattern altitude
Not published

When the tower is operating, follow ATC instructions. Missing direction is not assumed to mean left traffic.

Declared distances & approach aids
Landing available
Not published
Takeoff run
Not published
Takeoff available
Not published
Accelerate-stop
Not published
Displaced threshold
Not published
End elevation MSL
1,401.2 ft
Visual aid · FAA code
P4L
Approach lighting
MALSR
Runway remarks

No remarks published for this runway/end in the loaded cycle.

FAA NASR · 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-26 · Published reference, not live runway status

Traffic pattern · 36

Published direction
Not published
Pattern altitude
Not published

When the tower is operating, follow ATC instructions. Missing direction is not assumed to mean left traffic.

Declared distances & approach aids
Landing available
Not published
Takeoff run
Not published
Takeoff available
Not published
Accelerate-stop
Not published
Displaced threshold
Not published
End elevation MSL
1,420.8 ft
Visual aid · FAA code
P4L
Approach lighting
Not published
Runway remarks

No remarks published for this runway/end in the loaded cycle.

FAA NASR · 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-26 · Published reference, not live runway status

Published FAA details are shown where available. Missing values remain unknown; verify current publications and NOTAMs.

ON THE RADIO

Communications

WICHITA APP/DEPA/D
134.8 MHz
ASOSASOS
134.025 MHz
CLNC DELCLD
125 MHz
CTAF/UNICOMUNIC
122.7 MHz

Reference only. Verify frequencies, sectors and tower hours in the current Chart Supplement. A tower listing does not mean it is operating now.

AFTER YOU LAND

FBOs, fuel & visiting

Published fuel types
100LL · Jet A
Facility use
Public use
Lighting schedule
See airport remarks
Ownership
Public

Attendance & contacts

ALL · ALL · ALL

Attendance as published; this does not establish current tower or FBO hours.

MANAGER · MR. JESSE ROMO
316-946-4700

OWNER · WICHITA AIRPORT AUTHORITY
316-946-4700

Airport remarks · 13

ACTVT MIRL RWY 18/36, MALSR RWY 18, REIL RWY 36 - CTAF.

RWY 18/36 HAS NO OBJECTION.

ATTENDED CONTINUOUSLY.

MCCONNELL AFB 9 MILES S AND BEECH FACTORY ARPT 3 MILES S.

BEECH FACTORY ARPT CLASS D AIRSPACE 1 MILE S RWY 18.

SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY VFR ARR AND DEP NOT RECOMMENDED WITHOUT ATC RADAR SVCS DUE TO BEECH FACTORY ARPT AND MCCONNELL AFB CLASS D AIRSPACE.

VFR ARR AND DEP RECOMMENDED TO RMN AT OR BLW 2,500 MSL WITHIN 5 MILES DUE TO HEAVY MIL TFC 3,000 MSL.

NO LINE OF SIGHT BETWEEN RWY ENDS.

RWY 36 DSGND CALM WIND RWY.

ENGINE RUN-UPS NOT PERMITTED ON ACFT RAMPS.

PPR FOR ACFT CARRYING CLASS 1 DIVISION 1.1, 1.2 OR 1.3 EXPLOSIVES AS DEFINED BY 49 CFR 173.50.

BIRDS ON AND IN VCNTY OF ARPT.

MIGRATORY BIRDS ON AND INVOF OF ARPT.

FAA NASR · Effective 2026-10-29 to 2026-11-26

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Reference snapshot retrieved 2026-09-28 from OurAirports, a community-maintained public-domain source; retrieval is not verification of each field. Weather and chart status are shown separately.