Julian Carroll Airport
JKL · KJKL · Jackson, Kentucky · Breathitt County · map
Julian Carroll Airport is a public-use airport owned by Jackson-Breathitt County, 3 miles northeast of Jackson, Kentucky, 1,381 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,401 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KJKL · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 63 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:36 pm EDT (17:36 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJKL 061853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/07 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP187 T02110072
TAF KJKL 061736Z 0618/0718 00000KT P6SM SKC
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 JKL · ICAO KJKL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jackson-Breathitt County
- Elevation
- 1,381 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1980
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,401 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: trees 48 ft high 177 ft from the end
- Runway 19: trees 22 ft high 195 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Jkl and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 | |
| Bluefield and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.575 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 606-252-3918.
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Aircraft registered in Jackson from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Kentucky: 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport address 1333 airport road, Jackson KY 41339
- Airport board chairman johnny maco deaton
- Trees and brush located within 200' of the threshold left of the approach
- Trees and brush located within 200' of the threshold right of the approach
- Markings faded and algae covered
- Markings faded and algae covered
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
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.