Westover Field Amador County
JAQ · KJAQ · Jackson, California · Amador County · map
Westover Field Amador County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Amador, 2 miles northwest of Jackson, California, 1,693 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 3,401 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KJAQ · observed 1:35 pm PDT (20:35 UTC), 2 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 92°F (33°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJAQ 062035Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 33/07 A2996 RMK AO1 T03340068
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA JAQ · ICAO KJAQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Amador
- Elevation
- 1,693 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,401 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 75 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach | 125.1 | |
| Departure | 127.4 | |
| Jaq and aWOS-3 | 121.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 209-257-1292.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Jackson from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, California: 14 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 California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Runway 19 is preferred runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 01 and 19; PAPI runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; taxiway lights sunset to sunrise only - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI runway 19 unusable beyond 5 degrees L of crs.
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.