IAB

McConnell Air Force Base

ICAO KIAB37.6219°N 97.2682°W1,372 ft / 418 mMedium airport
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McConnell Air Force Base (IATA: IAB, ICAO: KIAB) is a medium airport in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It opened in Aug 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 12,007 ft (3,660 m). It is operated by United States Air Force. In 2025 it handled 60 passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1941–1965
AUG 1941
OpenedMcConnell Air Force Base opens.
16 JAN 1965
Disaster1965 USAF KC-135 Wichita crash.30 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
01R/19L012° / 192° · LIT
LENGTH12,007 ft3,660 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
01L/19R012° / 192° · LIT
LENGTH12,000 ft3,658 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers60 (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,696of 3,974 · #968 North America · #719 USLongest runway12,007 ft3,660 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=310of 29,823 · =69 North America · =59 USElevation1,372 ft418 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=13,108of 43,341 · #5,649 North America · #4,335 USAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =705 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

10 channels
ACPKS ANG OPS30.160
APPWICHITA APP120.600
ATISATIS124.650
DEPWICHITA DEP120.600
GNDGND118.000
PMSVPMSV METRO37.520
POSTCOMD POST31.100
PTDPTD37.220
RMPBOEING GND123.125
TWRTWR127.250