John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport | |
Iata: | ASX |
Icao: | KASX |
Faa: | ASX |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | City & County of Ashland |
City-Served: | Ashland, Wisconsin |
Timezone: | CST |
Summer: | CDT |
Elevation-F: | 827 |
Coordinates: | 46.5486°N -90.9189°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Wisconsin |
Pushpin Label: | ASX |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 2/20 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,197 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 13/31 |
R2-Length-F: | 3,498 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 10,525 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft (2024) |
Stat2-Data: | 24 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport is a city and county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Ashland, a city in Ashland County, Wisconsin, United States. It is also known as JFK Memorial Airport.
It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[2]
John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport covers an area of 511 acres (207 ha) at an elevation of 827 feet (252 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: the primary runway 2/20 is 5,197 by 100 feet (1,584 x 30 m) with approved LOC and GPS approaches and the crosswind runway 13/31 is 3,498 by 75 feet (1,066 x 23 m) with approved GPS approaches.
For the 12-month period ending August 23, 2022, the airport had 10,525 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% air taxi. In June 2024, there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 jet.