Jack Edwards Airport
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| Jack Edwards Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: GUF - ICAO: KJKA - FAA: JKA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | City of Gulf Shores | ||
| Serves | Gulf Shores, Alabama | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft (4.9 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 9/27 | 6,962 | 2,122 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 3,599 | 1,097 | Asphalt |
Jack Edwards Airport (IATA: GUF, ICAO: KJKA, FAA LID: JKA) is a small general aviation airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of Gulf Shores, a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, USA. The airport has two runways.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Jack Edwards Airport is assigned JKA[1] by the FAA and GUF[2] by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KJKA.[2][3]
[edit] History
Jack Edwards Airport was originally an outlying field for Naval Air Station Pensacola. The U.S. Navy sold it to the state of Alabama in 1977 and the new airport was named for U.S. Rep. Jack Edwards. In 1983 the state sold the airport to the city of Gulf Shores. A new terminal was built in 1998 and a runway extension was completed in 2003.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for JKA (Form 5010 PDF)
- ^ a b Great Circle Mapper: GUF/KJKA - Gulf Shores, Alabama (Jack Edwards Airport)
- ^ AirNav: KJKA - Jack Edwards Airport
- ^ Gulf Shores, Alabama: Jack Edwards Airport
[edit] External links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KJKA
- ASN Accident history for KJKA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KJKA
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