KJAN is the ICAO code for Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (IATA JAN), located in Jackson, MS.
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (KJAN) is a medium airport in Jackson, MS. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KJAN or IATA code JAN. It sits in North America.
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International 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 8,500 ft (2,591 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport sits near sea level at 346 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 52 departing and 40 arriving private-jet legs at KJAN across the next six months of operator inventory. 5 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KJAN 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.