Jefferson City Memorial Airport | |
Iata: | JEF |
Icao: | KJEF |
Faa: | JEF |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City of Jefferson City |
Location: | Jefferson City, Missouri |
Elevation-F: | 549 |
Elevation-M: | 167 |
Coordinates: | 38.5911°N -92.1561°W |
Website: | http://www.jeffersoncitymo.gov/government/airport.php |
R1-Number: | 12/30 |
R1-Length-F: | 6,000 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,829 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 9/27 |
R2-Length-F: | 3,401 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,037 |
R2-Surface: | Concrete |
Stat-Year: | 2019 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 34,909 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 59 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Pushpin Map: | USA Missouri#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Missouri / United States |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Label: | JEF |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Jefferson City Memorial Airport is two miles (3 km) northeast of Jefferson City, in Callaway County, Missouri. It is owned by the City of Jefferson City.
Ozark DC-3s and M404s stopped there from 1954 until Columbia Regional Airport opened in 1968.
The airport covers 469acres and has two paved runways: 12/30 is 6,000 x 100 ft (1,829 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 3,401 x 75 ft (1,037 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 34,909 aircraft operations, an average of 96 per day: 86.6% general aviation, 10.8% military and 2.5% air taxi. At that time, there were 59 aircraft based at this airport: 32 single-engine, 15 multi-engine, 9 jet, and 3 helicopters. 7 aircraft were military.
On October 14, 2004 Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashed short of Jefferson City Memorial Airport; both persons on board were killed.