Jackson County/Reynolds Field
JXN · KJXN · Jackson, Michigan · Jackson County · map
Jackson County/Reynolds Field is a public-use airport owned by Jackson County, 2 miles west of Jackson, Michigan, 1,001 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 5,351 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 87 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 41,538 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KJXN · observed 5:56 pm EDT (21:56 UTC), 24 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 1,000 feet
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 2:12 pm EDT (18:12 UTC), good until Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 900 feet IFR
- From Sun 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 1,900 feet MVFR
- From Mon 12:00 am EDT (04:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 5 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet MVFR
- From Mon 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KJXN 112156Z 00000KT 10SM OVC010 17/14 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01670144
TAF KJXN 111812Z 1118/1218 VRB03KT P6SM OVC009 FM112200 VRB03KT P6SM OVC019 FM120400 VRB03KT P6SM SCT070 FM120700 VRB03KT 5SM BR SCT070 FM121300 20005KT 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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- PA32 descending, 2 nm southwest, 4:08 pm EDT (20:08 UTC): overcast above 1,600 ft.
as filed, and in English
JXN UA /OV 2 SW JXN/TM 2008/FLDURD/TP PA32/SK T 030 B 016 OVC
- Report
- a routine report filed through JXN
- Where
- 2 southwest jxn
- Time
- 20:08 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- PA32
- Sky
- T at 3,000 ft B at 1,600 ft overcast
- PA32 at 1,600 ft, 5 nm west, 4:10 pm EDT (20:10 UTC): remarks: during the descent.
as filed, and in English
JXN UA /OV 5W JXN/TM 2010/FL016/TP PA32/SK B016/RM DURD
- Report
- a routine report filed through JXN
- Where
- 5W jxn
- Time
- 20:10 UTC
- Height
- at 1,600 ft
- Aircraft
- PA32
- Sky
- B016
- Remarks
- during the descent
- EXP descending, 21 nm south, 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): overcast.
as filed, and in English
TOL UA /OV JYM/TM 2000/FLDURD/TP EXP/SK OVC B009 AGL
- Report
- a routine report filed through TOL
- Where
- over JYM
- Time
- 20:00 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- EXP
- Sky
- overcast B009 above ground
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (CLE, 127 nm southeast), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 340° at 5 kt; 6,000 ft: 320° at 13 kt, 14 °C; 9,000 ft: 300° at 12 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 310° at 10 kt, 2 °C; 18,000 ft: 310° at 14 kt, -10 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA JXN · ICAO KJXN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jackson County
- Elevation
- 1,001 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,351 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, power line 72 ft high 1,613 ft from the end
- Runway 25: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 94 ft high 2,758 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 20 ft high 438 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 89 ft high 1,924 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.475 | Jackson |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.725 | Jackson |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Jackson |
| Approach and departure | 127.3 | Jackson |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Jackson |
| Litchfield and center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.45 | Jackson |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 517-768-7506.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 67 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 41,538, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 4 |
| air taxi and commuter | 3,271 |
| general aviation, travelling | 18,413 |
| general aviation, local | 19,638 |
| military | 212 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 Jackson from the FAA register
105 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Michigan: 72 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 8 balloons, 4 drones, 4 business jets. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hillsdale Municipal (21 nm south), Lenawee County (29 nm southeast), Livingston County/Spencer J Hardy (31 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Michigan · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Jackson:
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 18 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 17 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Clint Edward White private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Solo Aviation - JXN · Jackson, MI (0 nm) · (404) 964-4121 · clintewhite@gmail.com
- Kerry Michael Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Adrian, MI (29 nm) · (734) 657-6570 · kerrybrowndpe@gmail.com
- Craig Fortson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Crosswinds Aviation · Howell, MI (31 nm) · (954) 931-3037 · craigfortson@aol.com
- Daniel Stephen Unger private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Crosswinds Aviation · Howell, MI (31 nm) · (586) 675-6030 · unger1949@gmail.com
- Amanda Kirsten Roggow private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport · Ann Arbor, MI (32 nm) · (847) 400-4630 · roggow.av@gmail.com
- Edmond William Verville private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Battle Creek, MI (35 nm) · (269) 207-5864 · edverville@aol.com
- Mark Richard Handren commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Ypsilanti, MI (39 nm) · (423) 312-4916 · wanderer1092@yahoo.com
- David Crisp private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Lake Odessa, MI (44 nm) · (239) 776-6279 · crisp.david52@gmail.com
All 67 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided surface aproply marked; if used at night runway aproply lighted inclg edge lights; clear far part 77 20:1 approach surfaces to both runway ends; 300 feet and assocd edge runway safety areas provided; hold short lines painted on all adjacent taxiways; area beyond each threshold marked as taxiways not displaced thresholds; threshold coords and elevs provided to AGL-200.
- Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 25; runway end identifier lights runway 07 and 32; PAPI runway 07, 25, 14 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 07/25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL and jet a+ available self service on main ramp.
- Low altitude helicopter operations prohibited in the vicinity of prison 4 MI northeast.
- Winter ficons unmon when the control tower closed.
- Aircraft taxiing up taxiway D could possly miss the turn for taxiway a and violate the safety zone for runway 07/25.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jackson 105 aircraft · 72 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 8 balloons
- Avcorp Holdings INC 7 aircraft in town
- Abecca CORP 4 aircraft in town
- Abecca Corporation 3 aircraft in town
- 3 Jrks Flying LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Eaton Corporation, Conveyance System Division · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Michigan 2,103 since 1982 · 226 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Michigan 221 landing places
- Michigan 7,213 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/JXN.json.
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 9, 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.