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Jefferson City Memorial Airport lies two miles northeast of the Missouri state capital, on the north bank of the Missouri River across from the State Capitol building. It is a city-owned general aviation field with a long main runway and ILS approach, serving corporate, state government and training traffic in central Missouri.
Jefferson City Memorial Airport (KJEF) is a public, city-owned airfield serving Jefferson City, the capital of Missouri, and lying within Callaway County. Ozark Air Lines operated DC-3 and M404 services through the field from 1954 until Columbia Regional Airport opened in 1968, and today it remains one of the busier general aviation airports in the state, hosting corporate and state government flight departments alongside private and training traffic.
The airfield sits about two miles northeast of downtown Jefferson City, in Missouri River bottomland directly across from the State Capitol building. Approach and departure services in the area are provided by MIZZU Approach/Departure.
The airport has two paved, lit runways. Runway 12/30 is 5,986 feet long with a hard surface and carries an ILS approach to runway 30. Runway 09/27 is 3,386 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit.
Approach and departure traffic works MIZZU APP/DEP on 124.375 MHz. The common traffic advisory frequency and tower frequency are both 125.6 MHz, with ground on 121.7 MHz and UNICOM on 122.95 MHz. ASOS is available on 133.625 MHz, and a remote radio outlet for Columbia is listed on 122.25 MHz. An ARNG operations frequency of 41.65 MHz is also published for the field. The airport is equipped for instrument approaches, including an ILS to runway 30.
The State Capitol building, sited directly across the Missouri River from the airfield, is a prominent visual reference for pilots orienting themselves toward the field.
The airport was built in 1947-48 on 238 acres of farmland in the Missouri River bottoms, directly opposite the State Capitol. The original layout consisted of a single 2,500-foot paved runway and two 2,500-foot grass strips. From 1954 until 1968, Ozark Air Lines served the field with DC-3 and Martin 404 aircraft, before airline traffic transferred to the newly opened Columbia Regional Airport. On 14 October 2004, Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashed short of the airport, killing both crew members on board.
Owned and operated by the City of Jefferson City through its Public Works Department, the airport is among the busiest general aviation fields in Missouri, with more than sixty based aircraft and several corporate and state government flight departments operating from the site. Jefferson City Flying Service is based at the field.
