# McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport (MKL / KMKL)

**McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport** (IATA: MKL, ICAO: KMKL) is a medium airport in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. It opened in Jul 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,007 ft (1,831 m). In 2025 it handled 20 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MKL / KMKL
- FAA: MKL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Jackson, Tennessee, United States
- Opened: Jul 1942
- Elevation: 435 ft / 133 m
- Coordinates: 35.5999, -88.9156
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,007 ft / 1,831 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 20,359 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://mckellarsipes.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649195
- Weather station: KMKL
- Ident: KMKL

## Timeline

- Jul 1942: McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 6,007 ft / 1,831 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 022° / 202° | yes |
| 11/29 | 3,539 ft / 1,079 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 112° / 292° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05062AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 3,536 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 7,570 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,919 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 11,061 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 10,001 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 5,535 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 5,263 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 6,722 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 6,326 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 6,694 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 20,359 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 289 mi / 465 km · Denver Air Connection
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 444 mi / 715 km · Denver Air Connection

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MKL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Denver Air Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/denver-air-connection) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 20K (2025) | #2,429 of 3,974 | #570 in North America | #394 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,007 ft / 1,831 m | =4,517 of 29,858 | =1,233 in North America | =963 in US |
| Elevation | 435 ft / 133 m | #28,366 of 43,403 | #13,435 in North America | #11,275 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.325 |
| CNTR | MEMPHIS CNTR | 134.650 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 127.150 |
| GND | GND | 120.900 |
| OPS | ARNG OPS | 41.500 |
| RDO | JACKSON RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | JACKSON TWR | 127.150 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [NQA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knqa.md) Millington-Memphis Airport · 56 mi / 91 km
- [BYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbyh.md) Arkansas International Airport · 63 mi / 101 km
- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · 71 mi / 114 km
- [UOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuox.md) University Oxford Airport · 91 mi / 147 km
- [TUP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktup.md) Tupelo Regional Airport · 92 mi / 149 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Jackson Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jackson_Regional_Airport&oldid=1365151306), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kmkl/data