📍 Gulf Shores⬆ 17 ft2 runways
KJKA · GUF
Jack Edwards Airport
30.29050°N
-87.67180°W
ARR / DAY
30
▲
39.2%
DEP / DAY
23
▼
33.2%
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 30 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
82°F
Wind
5 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
51% of ops
999 land · 174 TO
27
29% of ops
572 land · 347 TO
17
19% of ops
364 land · 41 TO
35
1% of ops
23 land · 637 TO
Runway 09 carries 51% of operations (999 landings, 174 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 29%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
999 landings
UA 2%
27
572 landings
UA 0%
17
364 landings
UA 5%
35
23 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 999 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
65.5
flights/day · 1,966 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
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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