Cherokee County
JSO · KJSO · Jacksonville, Texas · Cherokee County · map
Cherokee County is a public-use airport owned by Cherokee County, 6 miles southeast of Jacksonville, Texas, 678 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,006 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KJSO · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 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 KJSO 061935Z AUTO 08006KT 8SM CLR 29/11 A2994 RMK AO2 T02880106 $
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 JSO · ICAO KJSO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cherokee County
- Elevation
- 678 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 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: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1964
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,006 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 7 ft high 290 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.75 | |
| Jso and aWOS-3PT | 119.075 | |
| Tyler and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 903-586-0124.
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 Jacksonville from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Jacksonville, Texas: 33 piston singles, 7 business jets, 5 turboprops. 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 Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 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
- Dusk to dawn, medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset low intst; to incr intst and to activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL 24 hour SELF-SERVE.
- Jet a full serve 8:00 am to 5:00 pm MON-SAT. SELF-SERVE 24/7.
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.