Jack Edwards Airport

Gulf Shores International Airport/Jack Edwards Field
NAIP aerial image, 2006
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGulf Shores Airport Authority
ServesGulf Shores, Alabama
Elevation AMSL17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates30°17′23″N 087°40′18″W / 30.28972°N 87.67167°W / 30.28972; -87.67167
Websitewww.jka.us.com
Map
JKA is located in Alabama
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Location of airport in Alabama
JKA is located in the United States
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JKA (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 6,962 2,122 Asphalt
17/35 3,596 1,096 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 1/31)61,372
Based aircraft116

Gulf Shores International Airport/Jack Edwards Field[1] (IATA: GUF, ICAO: KJKA, FAA LID: JKA) is a public use airport in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is owned by Gulf Shores Airport Authority and located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the City of Gulf Shores.[1] Also was known as Jack Edwards National Airport,[2] it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of JKA by the Federal Aviation Administration, but the International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code is GUF. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) airport code is KJKA.[1][4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for JKA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Jack Edwards National Airport". Official site. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "Jack Edwards Airport (IATA: GUF, ICAO: KJKA, FAA: JKA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 14, 2016.