Jefferson City Memorial
JEF · KJEF · Jefferson City, Missouri · Callaway County · map
Jefferson City Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Jefferson, 2 miles northeast of Jefferson City, Missouri, 549 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 6,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KJEF · observed 3:01 pm CDT (20:01 UTC), 36 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm CDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI KJEF 062001Z 18006KT 10SM CLR 27/07 A2998 RMK AO2 T02670072 $
TAF KJEF 061720Z 0618/0718 17005KT P6SM SKC FM070300 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071500 25006KT P6SM FEW250
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 JEF · ICAO KJEF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Jefferson
- Elevation
- 549 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:30 am to 8:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1949
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,401 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, hangar 23 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 53 ft high 1,127 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.6 | Jefferson City |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Jefferson City |
| Approach and departure | 124.375 | Jefferson City |
| Jef and vot | 112.0 | |
| Ng and operations | 118.55 | Jefferson City |
| Jefferson City Rco | 122.4 | Jefferson City |
| Jef and automated weather (ASOS) | 133.625 | |
| Arng and operations | 142.4 | Jefferson City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 573-635-9266.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Jefferson City from the FAA register
92 aircraft are registered to owners in Jefferson City, Missouri: 55 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 9 helicopters, 8 business jets, 5 drones. 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 Missouri.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 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
- E111 provided approach to each runway is maintd for a minimum 20:1 glide slope and the transitional surface maintd for a 7:1 slope.
- Light to moderate bird actvty in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 30; runway end identifier lights runways 9, 12, 27; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30; and taxiway a lights - the common traffic frequency. VASI runways 12 and 30 operates continuously.
- Available from 0630 - 2030 Z++.
- Permanently out of service
- Permanently out of service
- Permanently out of service
- Permanently out of service
- Entrances to east and south hangars, not visible by tower.
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.