Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International
JAN · KJAN · Jackson, Mississippi · Rankin County · map
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Jackson, 5 miles east of Jackson, Mississippi, 346 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16L/34R, is 8,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 35 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 40,903 takeoffs and landings a year. About 621,846 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International?
Its FAA code is JAN, and its ICAO code is KJAN.
Where is Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International?
It is 5 miles east of Jackson, Mississippi, 346 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16L/34R, is 8,500 feet long.
Does Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, George Bush Intcntl/Houston, Charlotte/Douglas International, William P Hobby. Every route
Are there flight schools at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Metro Flyers LLC and Central Ms Soaring Society LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International?
2 pilot examiners and 4 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA JAN · ICAO KJAN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Jackson
- Elevation
- 346 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 1200-0500z++
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1963
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16L/34R | 8,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 16R/34L | 8,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 16L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 57 ft high 2,500 ft from the end
- Runway 34R: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 51 ft high 2,750 ft from the end
- Runway 16R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 34L: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 78 ft high 4,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.9 | Jackson |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Jan and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.05 | Jackson |
| Clearance delivery | 121.9 | Hawkins |
| Clearance delivery | 125.9 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Jackson |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 333 to 152 | 123.9 | Jackson |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 153 to 332 | 125.25 | Jackson |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Jackson |
| Jan and vot | 111.0 | |
| Jackson and rco | 122.2 | Jackson |
| Jackson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.5 | Jackson |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 601-769-1216.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hawkins Field (8 nm west), Bruce Campbell Field (8 nm north), John Bell Williams Airport (17 nm west).
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 Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Brg strength runway 16L/34R and 16R/34L: ST175.
- When tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 34L; runway end identifier lights runway 16R and 34R; high-intensity runway lights runway 16L/34R and 16R/34L - the common traffic frequency. Runway 16L ALSF-2 preset on med intst except sfl not available.
- Landing fee for NON-COML aircraft ovr 25500 pounds; fee waived for lrgr unscheduled aircraft with suf fuel purchase.
- WT brg cpty for runways 16L/34R and 16R/34L are TRT585 to accommodate C-17 aircraft.
- Jasu: 8(A/M32A-86D) 3(MC-1A).
- Be alert when xng aer 16R.
- Military aircraft use taxiway C7 to aces the the FBO (fixed-base operator) apron unless otrw drctd by air traffic control.
- Hold area 1 and 2 cmsnd on term apron between taxiway B3 and taxiway B5.
- Military: ang: bash phase II in effect 1 JUL-31 oct. Contact tower, command post or afm for bird haz. Wildlife most actv +/- 1 hour of sunset and sunrise.
- Military: ang: rescue and firefighting (ARFF) sts critical level of service (cls) for military aircraft cat 8.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 9,195 departures from JAN in those twelve months, carrying 595,415 passengers in 766,631 seats (78% filled), to 53 destinations on 19 airlines.
All 53 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 6 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 9 |
| other | 9 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 40,903, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 13,275 |
| air taxi and commuter | 8,037 |
| general aviation, travelling | 7,184 |
| general aviation, local | 940 |
| military | 11,467 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Jackson from the FAA register
72 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Mississippi: 53 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 6 turboprops, 5 business jets, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Metro Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Jackson Metro Flyers Club is a private flying club based at Denton Enterprise Airport (KDTO) in Denton, Texas.
- Central Ms Soaring Society LLC 4 aircraft · Brandon, 5 miles away
- N292 Ac Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Brandon, 5 miles away
- Central Mississippi Soaring Society LLC 1 aircraft · Brandon, 5 miles away
- Wesley Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Madison, 9 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Jackson:
- Jackson Air Charter, INC 1 aircraft on the certificate Jackson Air Charter offers private plane charter service and aircraft management from Jackson, Mississippi.
Repair stations in Jackson:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 training center examiner.
- Joe Frank Carson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Jackson, MS (0 nm) · (662) 571-4045 · [email protected]
- David Childress private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Madison, MS (8 nm) · (901) 262-3199 · [email protected]
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jackson 72 aircraft · 53 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 6 turboprops
- Just Plane Stuff INC 7 aircraft in town
- Pharmair LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Cbs Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Jackson Air Charter, INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Metro Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Central Ms Soaring Society LLC 4 aircraft · flying club
- N292 Ac Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Eaton Aerospace, LLC. · repair station
- Mccain Aviation · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,541 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,846 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1,599 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Mesa Airlines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,220 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- William P Hobby (HOU) 729 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Nashville International (BNA) 363 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 288 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Republic Airline
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 254 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/JAN.json.
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 26, 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.