📍 Gulf Shores⬆ 17 ft2 runways
KJKA · GUF
Jack Edwards Airport
30.29050°N
-87.67180°W
ARR / DAY
24
▲
9.2%
DEP / DAY
19
▼
33.7%
Jack Edwards Airport (KJKA/GUF) is a small general aviation airport located in Gulf Shores, AL, 36 mi south east of Mobile. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,962 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 24 arrivals and 19 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
90°F
Wind
6 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
55% of ops
405 land · 56 TO
27
23% of ops
169 land · 97 TO
17
21% of ops
158 land · 10 TO
35
1% of ops
11 land · 212 TO
Runway 09 carries 55% of operations (405 landings, 56 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 23%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
405 landings
UA 2%
27
169 landings
UA 0%
17
158 landings
UA 4%
35
11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 405 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
50.5
flights/day · 1,516 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 118.650 | — |
| TWR | 118.650 | 0700-2100 |
| GND | 121.700 | 0700-2100 |
| ATIS | 134.525 | 0700-2100 |
| APCH | 120.650 | — |
| APCH | 270.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| LCL/P | 118.650 | 0700-2100 |
| CD/P | 121.700 | 0700-2100 |
| OTHER | 121.700 | 0700-2100 |
| CD/P | 124.550 | — |
| OTHER | 124.550 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZJX
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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