# Colonel James Jabara Airport (KAAO)

**Colonel James Jabara Airport** (ICAO: KAAO) is a small airport in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It opened in Jul 1944. It has one runway, 6,101 ft (1,860 m) long, concrete.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaao

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KAAO
- FAA: AAO
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Opened: Jul 1944
- Elevation: 1,421 ft / 433 m
- Coordinates: 37.7476, -97.2211
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,101 ft / 1,860 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_James_Jabara_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1656573
- Weather station: KAAO
- Ident: KAAO

## Timeline

- Jul 1944: Colonel James Jabara Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 6,101 ft / 1,860 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 187° / 007° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,101 ft / 1,860 m | =4,402 of 29,858 | =1,176 in North America | =914 in US |
| Elevation | 1,421 ft / 433 m | =12,682 of 43,403 | =5,471 in North America | #4,187 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | WICHITA APP/DEP | 134.800 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 134.025 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 125.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaao/data