Colonel James Jabara Airport
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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 / 37.74750°N 97.22111°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||
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. 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.
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).