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Waycross Ware County Airport

31.24910°N
-82.39550°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼ 44.1%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 8.3%

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 5,992 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 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

5h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAYS 271735Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT020 SCT035 SCT050 29/24 A2999 RMK AO2 T02870244

Runways

3 installed

5,992 FT MAX
01/19
5,992 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
05/23
5,044 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
13/31
3,554 ft × 75
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

31
29% of ops
35 land · 7 TO
01
26% of ops
31 land · 11 TO
23
10% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
19
10% of ops
12 land · 19 TO
36
9% of ops
11 land · 4 TO
13
7% of ops
8 land · 14 TO
Runway 31 carries 29% of operations (35 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

31 35 landings
UA 0%
01 31 landings
UA 0%
23 12 landings
UA 0%
19 12 landings
UA 0%
36 11 landings
UA 0%
13 8 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 35 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
6.2
flights/day · 185 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 12pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 6.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (6.6 vs 6.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

29 · 19%
26 · 17%
15 · 10%
11 · 7%
10 · 7%
8 · 5%
Activity is led by (19% of 153 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 22:42 UTC