# Westover Field Amador County Airport (KJAQ)

**Westover Field Amador County Airport** (ICAO: KJAQ) is a small airport in Jackson, California, United States. It opened in Jul 1940. It has one runway, 3,401 ft (1,037 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by County of Amador.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ko70

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KJAQ
- FAA: JAQ
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: County of Amador
- Serves: Jackson, California, United States
- Opened: Jul 1940
- Elevation: 1,693 ft / 516 m
- Coordinates: 38.3768, -120.7940
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 3,401 ft / 1,037 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amador_County_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4160121
- Weather station: KJAQ
- Ident: KO70

## Timeline

- Jul 1940: Westover Field Amador County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,401 ft / 1,037 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 022° / 202° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,401 ft / 1,037 m | =13,102 of 29,858 | =5,324 in North America | =4,453 in US |
| Elevation | 1,693 ft / 516 m | =10,612 of 43,403 | #4,657 in North America | #3,514 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 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 | NORCAL APP/DEP | 125.100 |
| AWOS | AWOS THREE | 121.125 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/ko70/data