John F Kennedy Memorial
ASX · KASX · Ashland, Wisconsin · Ashland County · map
John F Kennedy Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the County & City of Ashland, 2 miles southwest of Ashland, Wisconsin, 826 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 5,197 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ASX · ICAO KASX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County & City of Ashland
- Elevation
- 826 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1958
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,197 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 3,498 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 69 ft high 2,215 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 13: fence 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 49 ft high 1,135 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Apt Remark 7 With Gco Freq | 122.25 | · Gco available on frequency 122.25 through flight services. |
| Hayward and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.45 | |
| Asx and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.775 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 715-682-5541.
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Aircraft registered in Ashland from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Ashland, Wisconsin: 12 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 glider, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 preset to low sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; PAPI runway 02, 20, and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Deer and otr wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport. Hvy bird act spring and summer months.
- Aircraft over 4000 pounds must stop or park on concrete; all otr aircraft park on asphalt.
- Gco available on frequency 122.25 through flight services.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.