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Waycross Ware County Airport

31.24910°N
-82.39550°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 26.1%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 44.4%

Waycross Ware County Airport (KAYS/AYS) is a small general aviation airport located in Waycross, GA, 77 mi north west of Jacksonville. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
8 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAYS 271715Z AUTO 30008KT 10SM CLR 30/12 A2991 RMK AO2 T02970119

Runways

3 installed

6,000 FT MAX
05/23
5,035 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
13/31
3,528 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
18/36
6,000 ft × 150
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

31
38% of ops
30 land · 8 TO
01
22% of ops
18 land · 19 TO
19
18% of ops
14 land · 14 TO
13
11% of ops
9 land · 9 TO
23
5% of ops
4 land · 1 TO
36
2% of ops
2 land · 1 TO
Runway 31 carries 38% of operations (30 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 22%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

31 30 landings
UA 0%
01 18 landings
UA 0%
19 14 landings
UA 0%
13 9 landings
UA 0%
23 4 landings
UA 0%
36 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 30 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
5.6
flights/day · 169 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 12pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (5.1 vs 6.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

29 · 22%
26 · 20%
11 · 8%
11 · 8%
5 · 4%
4 · 3%
Activity is led by (22% of 131 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.575 —
OTHER 127.575 —
ALMA RCA 127.575 —
OTHER 269.025 —
ALMA RCA 269.025 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 17:30 UTC