📍 Gulf Shores⬆ 17 ft2 runways
KJKA · GUF
Jack Edwards Airport
30.29050°N
-87.67180°W
ARR / DAY
27
▲
33.6%
DEP / DAY
23
▲
24.4%
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 27 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
57°F
Wind
16 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
67% of ops
597 land · 207 TO
17
20% of ops
173 land · 10 TO
27
10% of ops
90 land · 55 TO
35
3% of ops
27 land · 97 TO
Runway 09 carries 67% of operations (597 landings, 207 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 20%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
597 landings
UA 2%
17
173 landings
UA 8%
27
90 landings
UA 4%
35
27 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 09 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 597 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
53.2
flights/day · 1,596 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
72%
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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