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Waycross Ware County Airport

31.24910°N
-82.39550°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 7.1%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 14.3%

Waycross Ware County Airport (KAYS/AYS) is a small general aviation airport located in Waycross, GA, 77 mi north west of Jacksonville. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAYS 150555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3013 RMK AO2 T02360225 10248 20236

Runways

3 installed

6,000 FT MAX
05/23
5,035 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
13/31
3,528 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
18/36
6,000 ft × 150
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

31
37% of ops
71 land · 22 TO
23
24% of ops
47 land · 8 TO
36
10% of ops
19 land · 11 TO
13
9% of ops
18 land · 19 TO
01
8% of ops
15 land · 8 TO
18
6% of ops
12 land · 28 TO
Runway 31 carries 37% of operations (71 landings, 22 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

31 71 landings
UA 0%
23 47 landings
UA 0%
36 19 landings
UA 0%
13 18 landings
UA 11%
01 15 landings
UA 0%
18 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 71 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
6.3
flights/day · 189 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.0 vs 7.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

27 · 18%
14 · 10%
12 · 8%
12 · 8%
10 · 7%
9 · 6%
Activity is led by (18% of 147 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.575 —
OTHER 127.575 —
ALMA RCA 127.575 —
OTHER 269.025 —
ALMA RCA 269.025 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 00:43 UTC