James A Rhodes Airport
JRO · KJRO · Jackson, Ohio · Jackson County · map
James A Rhodes Airport is a public-use airport owned by Jackson CO Comm, 5 miles southeast of Jackson, Ohio, 726 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 5,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KJRO · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KJRO 061935Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 20/06 A3010 RMK AO2
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 JRO · ICAO KJRO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jackson CO Comm
- Elevation
- 726 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1961
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,201 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 331 ft, tree 75 ft high 919 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.4 | |
| Jro and aWOS-3PT | 118.825 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 740-286-1760.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Jackson from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Ohio: 8 piston singles, 1 business jet. 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 Ohio.
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 medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 and 19 operates continuously.
- 100LL and jet A1+ available H24 self service via credit card.
- 15 feet road, 0-200 feet dist, 230 feet R.
- PAPI unusable beyond 9 degreess left of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 15:1 to dthr.
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.