KAAO · Colonel James Jabara Airport

WICHITA, KANSAS · SMALL AIRPORT

1,421

Elevation ft

Runway

6,101

Longest ft · 18/36

37.75N

97.22W

Colonel James Jabara Airport serves Wichita, Kansas at 1,421 ft elevation with its longest runway, 18/36, at 6,101 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
18/36	6,101 × 100 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 1,421 ft is about 12°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 12°C)	1,421 ft	2,715 ft	2,260 ft	3,390 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,621 ft	2,949 ft	2,387 ft	3,580 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,821 ft	3,183 ft	2,513 ft	3,770 ft
35°C afternoon	4,162 ft	3,250 ft	2,549 ft	3,824 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (18/36, 6,101 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,824 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KAAO is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KBEC Beech Factory Airport	3 nm S	8,001 ft
1K1 Lloyd Stearman Field	5 nm E	5,106 ft
KICT Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport	11 nm SW	10,302 ft
KEWK Newton City-County Airport	19 nm N	7,003 ft
KEGT Wellington Municipal Airport	27 nm S	5,201 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KAAO

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KAAO, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KAAO or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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