Jacksonville International
JAX · KJAX · Jacksonville, Florida · Duval County · map
Jacksonville International is a public-use airport owned by Jacksonville Intl Airport, 9 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida, 30 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 10,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA JAX · ICAO KJAX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jacksonville Intl Airport
- Elevation
- 30 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1968
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 7,701 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 63 ft high 3,350 ft from the end
- Runway 26: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 14: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 50 ft high 2,735 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 68 ft high 3,290 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS · Jax and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.85 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Clearance delivery | 119.5 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Ground | 121.9 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Tower | 118.3 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Approach and departure 10000 feet and below | 118.175 | Gainesville |
| Approach and departure | 118.6 | Ocala |
| Approach and departure · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Class C (secondary) arriving from headings 270 to 090 | 119.0 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Approach and departure | 120.75 | St Augustine |
| Approach and departure Above 6000 feet | 121.3 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (EXBOX) 091-180 5000 feet and below; arriving from headings 091 to 180 | 124.9 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Alcrn and star · Approach and departure · Departure procedure (ARNEY) arriving from headings 270 to 090 | 127.0 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Hotar and star arriving from headings 181 to 269 | 127.775 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure 091-180 above 5000 feet; arriving from headings 251 to 069 | 132.775 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Jacksonville Tower |
| Leese and star · Shrek and star | 128.675 | Kissimmee |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 904-549-9655.
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Aircraft registered in Jacksonville from the FAA register
509 aircraft are registered to owners in Jacksonville, Florida: 367 piston singles, 42 piston twins, 36 business jets, 22 turboprops, 12 helicopters. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 32 since 1982, 8 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
- Bird activity in the vicinity of airport, wildlife presently on airfield.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1537 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12B-(B) (1612 feet)
- BAK-14 cable raised for tailhook engagement by tower on pilot required only, 1537 feet from aer 08 and 1612 feet from aer 26.
- Radio controlled aircraft activity 3.5 NM 'NNW' of airport.
- Small portion of terminal ramp not visible from tower. Tower unable to determine if ramp is clear.
- NON-LOAD bearing asphalt on west air carrier ramp between outer high mast lights and terminal. Aircraft required to maintain taxi operations over centerline on the air carrier ramp.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 14.
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.