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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.

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
Repairs: airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart: Wichita sectional
Magnetic variation: 7E

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

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

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, never named. All aircraft registered in Oklahoma.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Cherokee Municipal 4O5 · 12 nm west Pond Creek Municipal 2K1 · 16 nm east Medford Municipal O53 · 18 nm east Decker Field 4O7 · 22 nm south Alva Regional AVK · 26 nm west Anthony Municipal ANY · 26 nm north Enid Woodring Regional WDG · 27 nm southeast Walz Airport 4KS · 28 nm northwest

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.