Jackson Regional
MKL · KMKL · Jackson, Tennessee · Madison County · map
Jackson Regional is a public-use airport owned by Jackson & Madison CO Arpt Auth, 4 miles west of Jackson, Tennessee, 435 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 6,007 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMKL · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 east-northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am CDT (09:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 4 miles, mist, clear skies MVFR
- From Wed 8:00 am CDT (13:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMKL 061853Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 27/09 A3002 RMK AO1 SLP163 T02720094
TAF KMKL 061720Z 0618/0718 06004KT P6SM SKC FM070900 00000KT 4SM BR SKC FM071300 VRB03KT 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 MKL · ICAO KMKL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jackson & Madison CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 435 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 8:30 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 7:30 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 6,007 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,539 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 66 ft high 1,650 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 45 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 127.15 | Jackson |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 120.9 | Jackson |
| Mkl and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.325 | |
| Jackson and rco | 122.2 | Jackson |
| Mckellar and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.65 | Jackson |
| Ng and operations | 138.75 | Jackson |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 731-424-0692.
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
63 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Tennessee: 39 piston singles, 7 business jets, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 4 helicopters. 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 Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 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
- Closed to unscheduled air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats except 24 hour prior permission required - amgr.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 02; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20, medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 02 and 20 operates continuously.
- Faded.
- Faded.
- Grooved 55 feet each side of centerline.
- Military: arng: base operations 1200-2130Z++ MON-FRI. closed every other monday, facility closed Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Prior permission required C629-332-9658. Arng operations 49.95.
- Air carrier operations more than 9 passenger seats NA in excess of 15 minimum bfr or aft schedule arrival or departure times WO prior avblty coord with amgr and cfm.
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.