| Jack Edwards Airport {www.jka.us.com} | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: GUF – ICAO: KJKA – FAA LID: JKA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of Gulf Shores | ||
| Location | Gulf Shores, Alabama | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 9/27 | 6,962 | 2,122 | Asphalt |
| 17/35 | 3,596 | 1,096 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 95,501 | ||
| Based aircraft | 133 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Jack Edwards Airport (IATA: GUF, ICAO: KJKA, FAA LID: JKA, formerly AL15) is a general aviation airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Gulf Shores, a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Jack Edwards Airport is assigned JKA by the FAA and GUF by the IATA. [2]
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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.[3]
Jack Edwards Airport covers an area of 583 acres (236 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 6,962 x 100 ft (2,122 x 30 m) and 17/35 measuring 3,596 x 75 ft (1,096 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2010, the airport had 95,501 aircraft operations, an average of 261 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. At that time there were 163 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 15% multi-engine and 5% jet.[1]