Jackson County Airport (Michigan)

Infobox Airport
name = Jackson County Airport
nativename = Reynolds Field


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IATA = JXN
ICAO = KJXN
FAA = JXN
type = Public
owner = Jackson County
operator =
city-served =
location = Jackson, Michigan
elevation-f = 1,001
elevation-m = 305
coordinates = coord|42|15|35|N|084|27|34|W|type:airport_region:US
website =
r1-number = 6/24
r1-length-f = 5,344
r1-length-m = 1,629
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 14/32
r2-length-f = 3,501
r2-length-m = 1,067
r2-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=JXN|use=PU|own=PU|site=09977.*A]

Jackson County Airport Airport codes|JXN|KJXN|JXN, also known as Reynolds Field, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) west of the central business district of Jackson, a city in Jackson County, Michigan, United States. This airport is publicly owned by Jackson County. It is a class D airport with operating control tower.

The airport is home to the JCC Flight Center and the annual Hot Air Jubilee (airshow). Until 1984, it had commercial services, operated by Republic Airlines and Simmons Airlines and now serves as a general aviation facility. In 2005 the airport became home to Prestige Aircraft Company LLC, a light sport aircraft manufacturer.

Facilities

Jackson County Airport covers an area of 700 acres (283 ha) which contains two runways:
* Runway 6/24: 5,344 x 150 ft (1,629 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
* Runway 14/32: 3,501 x 100 ft (1,067 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

The airport's shorter runway is going to be extended to 1220 m in 2007. Runway 6/24 will be abandoned and will be replaced by a new 1630 m long runway 7/25, the new runway will be 30 m wide unlike 6/24 of 45 m width. This is to make way for a GA aircraft factory that will be on the airport grounds.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.jackson.mi.us/airport/ Jackson County Airport]
*PDFlink| [http://www.michigan.gov/documents/JXN_18461_7.pdf Michigan Airport Directory page] |67.2 KiB
*FAA-diagram|00861