KAAO
Colonel James Jabara Airport
Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO) is a general-aviation airfield serving Wichita, Kansas. The field lies at 1,421 ft (433 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 6,101 ft (1,860 m), concrete and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Beech Factory Airport (BEC), 3 nm S.
Colonel James Jabara Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 1,421 ft (433 m)
- Coordinates
- 37.7476, -97.2211
- Serving
- Wichita
- Region
- Kansas
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Runways1 · longest 6,101 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,101 ft1,860 m | 100 ft | Concrete | Lit |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.