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John F Kennedy Memorial Airport (KASX) is a small public-use general aviation field a couple of miles southwest of Ashland, Wisconsin, named in honour of President John F. Kennedy. It offers two hard-surfaced runways, an ILS, and pilot-controlled lighting, making it a straightforward and useful stop for VFR pilots touring the south shore of Lake Superior.
John F Kennedy Memorial Airport is a small, publicly owned general aviation airport serving Ashland, Wisconsin, and the surrounding area on the south shore of Lake Superior. It is owned by the County and City of Ashland and operates as an uncontrolled field with self-service fuel, a published instrument approach and two paved runways, giving simulator pilots a manageable but genuine northern-Wisconsin destination for VFR or light IFR practice.
The airport lies about two nautical miles southwest of the town of Ashland, Wisconsin, on some 511 acres of land. It is an uncontrolled airfield, with instrument flight clearances and traffic advisories handled remotely by Minneapolis Center; there is no local control tower, and the field operates under the CTAF procedures typical of a non-towered general aviation airport.
The airport has two hard-surfaced, lit runways. The main runway, 02/20, is 5,157 feet long and is equipped with an ILS on runway 02, together with PAPI visual glideslope indicators on both 02 and 20 and runway end identifier lights (REIL) on both ends. The secondary runway, 13/31, is 3,453 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit, with a PAPI on runway 31. Both runway pairs carry medium-intensity runway lighting (MIRL).
Common traffic advisory frequency and unicom is 122.8 MHz. The automated surface observing system (ASOS) broadcasts on 126.775 MHz. A remote communications outlet for Green Bay radio is available on 122.25 MHz, and Minneapolis approach/departure control can be reached on 126.45 MHz for IFR traffic in the area. Runway 02 is served by an ILS approach.
As an uncontrolled airfield, KASX is worked on CTAF/unicom 122.8 MHz for self-announced arrivals, departures and pattern calls. Runway lighting on both runway pairs is preset to low intensity from sunset to sunrise and can be increased in intensity by pilots keying the CTAF frequency; PAPI lights on runways 02, 20 and 31 provide a visual glidepath reference for approach.
The airfield lies close to the town of Ashland, Wisconsin, on the shore of Chequamegon Bay off Lake Superior, roughly two nautical miles southwest of the town centre, giving pilots a clear lakeside landmark for orientation when inbound.
The airport is named in memory of President John F. Kennedy, though the sources consulted give no further detail on its founding or wartime or civil history.
The field is owned by the County and City of Ashland. Self-service 100LL fuel is available around the clock, while Jet A fuel requires prior permission from the airport management. Runway lighting is pilot-activated via CTAF outside daylight hours, and the airport supports general aviation training and touring traffic typical of a small county-owned field in northern Wisconsin.
