Jack Edwards Airport satellite view
📍 Gulf Shores⬆ 17 ft2 runways
KJKA · GUF

Jack Edwards Airport

30.29050°N
-87.67180°W
ARR / DAY
35
▲ 7.0%
DEP / DAY
25
▼ 14.9%

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 35 arrivals and 25 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
3 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KJKA 271015Z AUTO 34003KT 10SM CLR 23/21 A2991 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

09
66% of ops
598 land · 156 TO
17
21% of ops
194 land · 8 TO
27
9% of ops
85 land · 65 TO
35
3% of ops
28 land · 74 TO
Runway 09 carries 66% of operations (598 landings, 156 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

09 598 landings
UA 3%
17 194 landings
UA 9%
27 85 landings
UA 6%
35 28 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 09 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 598 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
50.6
flights/day · 1,518 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 50.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (44.8 vs 55.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 1,018 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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