Johnson County Executive
OJC · KOJC · Olathe, Kansas · Johnson County · map
Johnson County Executive is a public-use airport owned by Johnson County, 4 miles southeast of Olathe, Kansas, 1,096 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,097 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 141 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 56,824 takeoffs and landings a year. About 27 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOJC · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 37 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 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 KOJC 062253Z 21006KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02610139
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 OJC · ICAO KOJC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Johnson County
- Elevation
- 1,096 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,000 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,097 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 36: LOCALIZER, VASI, two boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 34 ft high 835 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.0 | Executive |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.35 | Executive |
| Ground | 121.6 | Executive |
| Approach and departure | 118.9 | Executive |
| Braymer and star · Jhawk and star · Tyger and star | 120.95 | Executive |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 913-361-8893.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 56,824, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Olathe from the FAA register
132 aircraft are registered to owners in Olathe, Kansas: 93 piston singles, 18 business jets, 8 piston twins, 7 turboprops, 3 balloons. 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 Kansas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 41 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
- Helicopter conditions: provdd approach/departure paths to landing area maintd for minimum 8:1 glide slope and trsnl surface be maintd for 2:1 slope.
- When tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36, medium-intensity runway lights runway 18-36, taxiway lights and wind cone - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude low per aircraft 1000 feet above ground level, high per aircraft 1500 feet above ground level
- Upon takeoff for runways 18 and 36 maintain runway heading until passing 1,600 feet above sea level.
- Birds, waterfowl, wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- It is advised that rotocraft avoid the overflights of surrounding neighborhoods.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 36.
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.