Jackson County Airport (IATA: JXN, ICAO: KJXN, FAA LID: JXN), also known as Reynolds Field, is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Jackson, in Jackson County, Michigan, United States.[1] It is a class D airport with operating control tower. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility.[2]

Jackson County Airport Reynolds Field
Terminal and control tower
IATA: JXN ICAO: KJXN FAA LID: JXN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Jackson County
Serves	Jackson, Michigan
Elevation AMSL	1,001 ft / 305 m
Coordinates	42°15′38″N 084°27′38″W
Website	co.jackson.mi.us/...
Map
JXN Location of airport in Michigan Show map of Michigan JXN JXN (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 5,349 1,630 Asphalt 14/32 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 56,920 Based aircraft 109
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

The airport serves as a general aviation facility and is home to the Jackson College Flight Center. In 2005 the airport became home to Prestige Aircraft Company LLC, a light sport aircraft manufacturer.

Facilities and aircraft

Jackson County-Reynolds Field covers an area of 700 acres (280 ha) at an elevation of 1,001 feet (305 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 5,349 by 150 feet (1,630 x 46 m) and 14/32 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).[1] A new ashpahlt paved runway named 7/25 is 5,349 feet by 100 feet (1,630 x 30.5 m) and will replace runway 6/24 in 2017, which will be decommissioned and excavated.[3] The new runway has 1,000 feet of additional runoff space on each end.[3]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 56,920 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day. At that time there were 109 aircraft based at this airport: 85 single-engine aircraft, 14 multi-engine aircraft, 3 jet aircraft, 3 helicopters and 4 ultralight aircraft.[1]

Historical airline service

The airport was served by commercial airlines from the 1920s until 1989. American Airlines served Jackson until about 1952 as one of several stops on a route between Chicago and Detroit. Other stops along the route included South Bend, IN as well as Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, and Ann Arbor, MI. North Central Airlines then took over serving the Chicago-Detroit local multi-stop route. In 1979 North Central merged with other carriers to become Republic Airlines. Republic continued to serve Jackson with flights to Detroit until 1981 when the service was transferred to Simmons Airlines. In 1985 Simmons became a feeder carrier for Republic known as Republic Express. In 1986 Republic was merged into Northwest Airlines and the service operated by Simmons became known as Northwest Airlink. In 1989 the Simmons flights to Detroit were then switched to American Eagle, affiliation with American Airlines but service ended by November, 1989.[4]

References

External links

• Jackson County Airport page at Jackson County website
• "Jackson County Airport" (PDF). (67.2 KB) page at Michigan DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial photo as of 7 April 1999 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 6, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for JXN, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for JXN
  • AirNav airport information for KJXN
  • ASN accident history for JXN
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures