Kegelman AF Aux Field
CKA · KCKA · Cherokee, Oklahoma · Alfalfa County · map
Kegelman AF Aux Field is a private airport owned by the U.S. Air Force, 11 miles east of Cherokee, Oklahoma, 1,203 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 7,800 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Kegelman AF Aux Field…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CKA · ICAO KCKA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- U.S. Air Force
- Elevation
- 1,203 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Wichita sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,800 × 150 ft | Asphalt |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 139.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Alva Regional (26 nm west), Enid Woodring Regional (27 nm southeast), Perry Municipal (46 nm southeast), Ponca City Regional (49 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cherokee Municipal (12 nm west), Alva Regional (26 nm west), Anthony Municipal (26 nm north), Enid Woodring Regional (27 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Oklahoma · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Traffic pattern: military aircraft use right and left 360 ovhd approach to runway 17/35.
- Dsn 448-7424.
- 1000 feet asphalt ovrn end of runway 17.
- Misc: Aux to vance afb. Ltd exclusively to vance afb jet training aircraft.
- Misc: runway supervisory unit (callsign dogface) control vance T-6 student training aircraft on the common traffic frequency or 139.9 dur daylt hour MON-FRI.
- Caution: led obstruction light instl which may not be visibility to some nvd or night vision goggles.
- Vance afld operations dsn 448-7425/7426, C580-213-7425/7426.
- Misc: bash phase I - nml bird act outside migratory season. Phase II - hvy bird act, nml associated with migratory season. Phase II from 1 nov - 28 feb due to migratory patterns of large waterfowl, sandhill cranes, grackles and several blackbird species; phase II FM15 apr - 31 may for franklin gull. Aircrews should be aware of the incrd bird act and bash potential at these times.
- Misc: base perimeter fencing and service roads exist in runway clear zones and clear zone graded areas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cherokee from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Cherokee, Oklahoma: 2 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Oklahoma.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cherokee 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Oklahoma 1,299 since 1982 · 180 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Oklahoma 130 landing places
- Oklahoma 5,644 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CKA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.