📍 Gulf Shores⬆ 17 ft2 runways
KJKA · GUF
Jack Edwards Airport
30.29050°N
-87.67180°W
ARR / DAY
25
▲
38.0%
DEP / DAY
32
▲
49.3%
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 25 arrivals and 32 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
77°F
Wind
10 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
60% of ops
494 land · 206 TO
17
22% of ops
183 land · 9 TO
27
14% of ops
116 land · 49 TO
35
4% of ops
35 land · 134 TO
Runway 09 carries 60% of operations (494 landings, 206 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 22%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
494 landings
UA 1%
17
183 landings
UA 7%
27
116 landings
UA 3%
35
35 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 09 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 494 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
54.4
flights/day · 1,632 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-10-29| 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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