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Colonel James Jabara Airport

37.74760°N
-97.22110°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO) is a small general aviation airport located in Wichita, KS. It features 1 runway measuring 6,101 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
100°F
Wind
6 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAAO 061954Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM SCT085 38/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP115 T03830161

Runways

1 installed

6,101 FT MAX
18/36
6,101 ft × 100
CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

18
67% of ops
1,366 land · 1,478 TO
36
33% of ops
663 land · 697 TO
Runway 18 carries 67% of operations (1,366 landings, 1,478 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 33%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 1,366 landings
UA 13%
36 663 landings
UA 21%
Approaches to 18 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (174 UA events from 1,366 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
72.1
flights/day · 2,162 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 72.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (69.5 vs 76.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

592 · 37%
256 · 16%
182 · 11%
68 · 4%
51 · 3%
49 · 3%
Activity is led by (37% of 1,608 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 134.800 —
APCH 269.100 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
ASOS 134.025 —
CD/P 125.000 —
OTHER 125.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
6° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Tony
02/03/2008
Good Fuel Stop at Wichita
There is a full-service FBO here. The airport is at the north edge of town, away from the complicated airspace around the other (12+?) airports at Wichita. Fuel is expensive, but they have lots of hangars in case of thunderstorms during an overnight stop. Lots of hotels with shuttles to pick you up.
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