Wichita Mid-Continent Airport
Located 5.2 miles southwest of the central business district in Wichita, Wichita Mid-Continent Airport consists of 3,316 acres - of which 691 acres are available for aviation-related development. It is a full-service air carrier airport, bordered on the north by U.S. Highway 54/400 and on the south by Highway K-42, with easy access to I- 235.
What Wichita Mid-Continent Airport offers:
- Eight major airlines with 10 non-stop destinations.
- Air cargo service - FedEx, DHL, UPS Supply Chain, UPS.
- 304-room Hilton Hotel with conference facilities.
- A property-tax exemption.
- Three runways including a cross-wind runway:
- Rwy 1R-19L - 150 ft. x 7300 ft. with ILS at both ends
- Rwy 1L-19R - 150 ft. x 10,301 ft. with ILS at both ends
- Rwy 14-32 - 150 ft. x 6,301 ft. with PAPI at both ends
- Instrument landing systems.
- Community compass rose.
- 24-hour aircraft rescue fire fighting and police service.
- 24-hour maintenance and snow removal.
- U.S. weather bureau on-site.
- 24-hour FAA tower operations.
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA Aircraft Certification Office.
- U.S. Postal Service on-site.
- Available T-hangars.
- Three fixed-base operators.
- Several general aviation businesses on site.
- 24-hour U.S. Customs service on-site.
- Less congestion and air traffic than other airports.
- Utilities in the area. Coordination with the airport and utility companies is required.
- Corporate hangar sites available
Development must be for aviation purposes, incidental or related thereto (Kansas Law - K.S.A. 3-116; K.S.A. 13-1348b). Wichita's airport property is exempt from ad valorem property taxation (K.S.A. 79-201 a Second and K.S.A. 13-1406.)
The Wichita Airport Authority leases land and improvements on long-term leases to tenants who receive three potential benefits from the Authority tax-exempt status, including the following:
- No general property taxes payable on the land.
- No general property taxes payable on the improvements.
- Improvements can be financed with municipal bonds at tax-exempt rates of interest.
Colonel James Jabara Airport
Col. James Jabara Airport is a general aviation reliever airport for the Wichita metropolitan area. Located nine miles northeast of the central business district in Wichita, Kan., Jabara Airport consists of 813 acres, of which 182 acres are available for aviation-related development. It has easy access to Highway K-96.
What Colonel James Jabara Airport offers:
- A property-tax exemption.
- Runway 18-36 - 6,100 ft. x 100 ft. with ILS for Rwy 18 and PAPI for Rwy 36
- Airfield capacity of over 100,000 operations per year.
- 24-hour aircraft rescue fire fighting and police service.
- 24-hour maintenance and snow removal.
- 50 x 50-foot concrete lighted helipad.
- One fixed-base operator - Midwest Corporate Aviation.
- Available t-hangars.
- Utilities available
- Corporate hangar sites available.