Colonel James Jabara Airport

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Colonel James Jabara Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KAAO – FAA: AAO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Wichita Airport Authority
Location		Wichita, Kansas
Elevation AMSL		1,421 ft / 433 m
Coordinates		37°44′51″N 097°13′16″W / 37.7475, -97.22111
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	6,101	1,860	Concrete
Helipads
Number	Length		Surface
Number	ft	m	Surface
H1	50	15	Concrete
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			38,300
Based aircraft			108
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Colonel James Jabara Airport (ICAO: KAAO, FAA LID: AAO) is a public airport located nine miles (14 km) northeast of the central business district of Wichita, a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States.^[1] It is named in honor of World War II and Korean War flying ace James Jabara.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Colonel James Jabara Airport is assigned AAO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned AAO to Anaco, Venezuela). The airport's ICAO identifier is KAAO. ^[2] ^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Colonel James Jabara Airport covers an area of 600 acres (243 ha) which contains one runway and one helipad:^[1]

Runway 18/36: 6,101 x 100 ft (1,860 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete
Helipad H1: 50 x 50 ft (15 x 15 m), Surface: Concrete

For 12-month period ending May 31, 2006, the airport had 38,300 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. There are 108 aircraft based at this airport: 60% single engine, 28% multi-engine, 9% jet aircraft, 1% helicopters, 1% ultralights and 1% military.^[1]