Jonesboro Municipal Airport

Jonesboro Municipal Airport (KJBR) is a medium airport in Jonesboro, AR. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KJBR or IATA code JBR. It sits in North America.

Jonesboro Municipal Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 6,200 ft (1,890 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Jonesboro Municipal Airport sits near sea level at 262 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 91 departing and 13 arriving private-jet legs at KJBR across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KJBR are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Jonesboro Municipal Airport is located three miles east of Jonesboro, in Craighead County, Arkansas. It is mostly used for general aviation and is served by Southern Airways Express through the federally subsidized Essential Air Service program.