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Waycross Ware County Airport

31.24910°N
-82.39550°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 35.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 30.0%

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 2 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

13m ago
Temp
97°F
Wind
6 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAYS 132035Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM SCT080 36/22 A2999 RMK AO2 T03600219

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
36% of ops
78 land · 31 TO
23
21% of ops
45 land · 8 TO
36
16% of ops
35 land · 11 TO
18
8% of ops
18 land · 35 TO
13
8% of ops
18 land · 25 TO
01
6% of ops
13 land · 7 TO
Runway 31 carries 36% of operations (78 landings, 31 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

31 78 landings
UA 0%
23 45 landings
UA 0%
36 35 landings
UA 0%
18 18 landings
UA 0%
13 18 landings
UA 11%
01 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 78 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
6.4
flights/day · 191 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 12pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.0 vs 7.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

29 · 19%
13 · 9%
13 · 9%
11 · 7%
10 · 7%
9 · 6%
Activity is led by (19% of 149 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
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