📍 Gulf Shores⬆ 17 ft2 runways
KJKA · GUF
Jack Edwards Airport
30.29050°N
-87.67180°W
ARR / DAY
28
▲
9.9%
DEP / DAY
21
▼
41.3%
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 28 arrivals and 21 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
88°F
Wind
8 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
09
53% of ops
535 land · 69 TO
27
23% of ops
234 land · 129 TO
17
22% of ops
219 land · 17 TO
35
2% of ops
16 land · 291 TO
Runway 09 carries 53% of operations (535 landings, 69 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 23%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
09
535 landings
UA 3%
27
234 landings
UA 0%
17
219 landings
UA 5%
35
16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 535 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
54.4
flights/day · 1,632 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
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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