Waycross-Ware County Airport

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Coordinates: 31°14′57″N 082°23′44″W / 31.24917, -82.39556

Waycross-Ware County Airport
IATA: AYS – ICAO: KAYS – FAA: AYS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Waycross & Ware County
Serves		Waycross, Georgia
Elevation AMSL		142 ft / 43 m
Website		warecounty.com/airport.asp
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	6,000	1,829	Asphalt
5/23	5,035	1,535	Asphalt
13/31	3,528	1,075	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			18,000
Based aircraft			49
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Waycross-Ware County Airport (IATA: AYS, ICAO: KAYS, FAA LID: AYS) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Waycross, a city in Ware County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the City of Waycross and Ware County.^[1]

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Waycross-Ware County Airport was established in the 1930's as a sod landing field. The United States Government acquired the airport sometime in 1941 with the construction of runways late 1941 early 1942. This became, Waycross Army Airfield (WAAF), United States Army Air Corp. It was a training base for fighter pilots. Type of aircraft used were P-39's, P-40's, A-36's, P-51's. Waycross Army Airfield was declared surplus on November 9, 1946. On July 1, 1947, Waycross-Ware County acquired it for general aviation purposes.

Eastern Airlines and later AirSouth were regular scheduled air-carriers that once served this airport. Currently, there is no scheduled air service in operation. General aviation and corporate aircraft are now the main users of this airport.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Waycross-Ware County Airport covers an area of 1,051 acres (425 ha) and contains three asphalt paved runways. Runway 18/36 is 6,000 x 100 ft, with low to high intensity lighting (18 has an ILS approach and 36 has a GPS approach). Runway 5/23 is 5,035 x 100 ft. Runway 13/31 is 3,528 x 100 ft.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 29, 2007, the airport had 18,000 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. There are 49 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 4% ultralight and 2% helicopter.^[1]

Passenger Service:

DayJet (nonstop service to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery with more nonstop cities being added)