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Colonel James Jabara Airport, Wichita.

KAAO · Wichita, KS — charter flights arranged across FAA Part 135 operators.Flying to Wichita →
Longest paved runway
6,101 ft
Field elevation
1,421 ft
Runway-capable types
21 of 24
Coordinates
37.75, -97.22
Passengers
2 passengers

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Colonel James Jabara Airport's 6,101 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of Kansas's 74 jet-capable fields, at 1,421 ft elevation, where the performance penalty is small but not zero. 21 of the 24 types we broker clear it; the runway rules out 3. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Dallas, 339 miles away.

Access

Getting here

Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.

From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.

Runway

What can operate here

Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.

This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.

  • Turboprop

    2 types clear the runwayneeds ~2,763–3,441 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,763 ft here
    • Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,441 ft here

  • Light jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,316–3,857 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,555 ft here
    • Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,316 ft here
    • Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,857 ft here
    • Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,347 ft here

  • Midsize jet

    4 types clear the runwayneeds ~3,712–5,682 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,733 ft here
    • Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,247 ft here
    • Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,682 ft here
    • Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,712 ft here

  • Super-midsize

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,918–5,041 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,918 ft here
    • Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,952 ft here
    • Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~5,015 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~5,041 ft here
    • Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~5,015 ft here

  • Heavy jet

    5 types clear the runwayneeds ~4,874–5,953 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,953 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,437 ft here
    • Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,839 ft here
    • Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,874 ft here
    • Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,359 ft here

  • Ultra long range

    1 type clears the runwayneeds ~6,047 ft here

    Seats, range and runway needed, by type
    • Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~6,047 ft here

Ruled out by runway length: Gulfstream G550, Gulfstream G650ER, Bombardier Global 6000 — the shortest of these needs about 6,162 ft here.

Alternates

Nearby alternates

The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.