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📍 Gulf Shores⬆ 17 ft2 runways
KJKA · GUF

Jack Edwards Airport

30.29050°N
-87.67180°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KJKA 260815Z AUTO 24007KT 10SM CLR 28/27 A3001 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

09
53% of ops
1,268 land · 263 TO
27
27% of ops
649 land · 520 TO
17
18% of ops
433 land · 58 TO
35
1% of ops
29 land · 897 TO
Runway 09 carries 53% of operations (1,268 landings, 263 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 1,268 landings
UA 1%
27 649 landings
UA 1%
17 433 landings
UA 9%
35 29 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 09 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 1,268 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
60.7
flights/day · 1,821 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 60.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (70.4 vs 59.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 1,124 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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