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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, an American of Lebanese descent who has the distinction of being the first American jet ace.
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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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 Airport in Anaco, Venezuela).[2][3]
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 ft × 100 ft (1,860 m × 30 m), surface: concrete
- Helipad H1: 50 ft × 50 ft (15 m × 15 m), surface: concrete
For 12-month period ending August 13, 2019, the airport had 38,300 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. In November 2021, there were 113 aircraft based at this airport: 60 single-engine, 31 multi-engine, 20 jet aircraft, 1 helicopter and 1 military.[1]
Incidents
On November 20, 2013, at approximately 9:30 pm CST, a Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter with registration N780BA and operated by Atlas Air, mistakenly landed at the Colonel James Jabara Airport, which was on the same heading as its destination, McConnell Air Force Base. After landing at McConnell, the plane was to taxi over to nearby Spirit AeroSystems, and pick up some fuselage parts for the assembly of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in Everett, Washington.[4][5][6] The plane successfully took off at 1:15 pm CST on November 21 and landed at nearby McConnell AFB.[7] The NTSB opened an investigation about the wrong landing.[8]
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References
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for AAO PDF, effective November 4, 2021
- Swartz, Karl L. "Great Circle Mapper: KAAO - Wichita, Kansas (Colonel James Jabara Airport)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- Swartz, Karl L. "Great Circle Mapper: AAO / SVAN - Anaco, Venezuela". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- "Kansas: Plane left stranded after landing 'by mistake'". BBC News Online. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- Green, Jaime (2013-11-21). "Video about Dreamlifter Landing At Jabara". The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- "Audio of Dreamlifter crew in contact with McConnell AFB". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- Plumlee, Rick; McMillin, Molly (2013-11-21). "Wayward Dreamlifter captivates the Air Capital". The Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- "NTSB opens investigation into Dreamlifter's wrong landing". The Wichita Eagle. 2013-11-22. Archived from the original on 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AAO
- AirNav airport information for KAAO
- ASN accident history for AAO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
На других языках
[de] Colonel James Jabara Airport
Der Colonel James Jabara Airport (ICAO-Code: KAAO) ist ein Flugplatz in Sedgwick County (Kansas), rund 15 Kilometer nordöstlich der Stadt Wichita im US-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Kansas, die ein bedeutendes Zentrum der Flugzeugindustrie ist. Das 243 Hektar große Flugfeld liegt etwa 14 km nordöstlich des Industriegebiets von Wichita auf 433 Meter Höhe und verfügt über eine 1.860 Meter lange Beton-Runway sowie einen Helikopterlandeplatz. Es sind rund 100, überwiegend einmotorige, Flugzeuge dort stationiert und finden jährlich ungefähr 38.000 Flugbewegungen statt (Zählung Saison 2005/2006), im Schnitt gut 100 pro Tag. Der Flugplatz ist nach dem Militärpiloten James Jabara (1923–1966) benannt, der sich im Koreakrieg durch zahlreiche Abschüsse den Ruf als „erstes amerikanisches Düsenfliegerass“ erwarb.- [en] Colonel James Jabara Airport
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