KAYS Waycross-Ware County

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 5 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

Based mostly on wind; no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available.

certainty: 60% evidence: WEAK no tower now Class E

Wind 050° true at 10 kt · VFR · 55 min old · from KAYS (0.3 nm away)

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5 56% 5044 ft · 10 kt head, 1 kt x-right

1 28% 5992 ft · 6 kt head, 8 kt x-right

13 12% 3554 ft · 2 kt head, 10 kt x-left

31 4% 3554 ft · 2 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-right

19 <1% 5992 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-left

23 <1% 5044 ft · 10 kt TAIL, 1 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 19 until 09-24 21:11Z

NAV ILS RWY 19 OM U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 5

WIND 10 kt headwind, 1 kt right crosswind 55 min ago +1.59

Runway 1

WIND 6 kt headwind, 8 kt right crosswind 55 min ago +0.85
PRIOR runway length 5992 ft +0.05

Runway 13

WIND 2 kt headwind, 10 kt left crosswind 55 min ago +0.09
PRIOR runway length 3554 ft -0.06

Runway 31

WIND 2 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt right crosswind 55 min ago -0.96
PRIOR runway length 3554 ft -0.06

Runway 19

WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt left crosswind 55 min ago -5.16
PRIOR runway length 5992 ft +0.05

Runway 23

WIND 10 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt left crosswind 55 min ago -11.30

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	55 min	Nearest station KAYS (0.3 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KAYS field & runways

Waycross-Ware County, Waycross, Georgia. Field elevation 141 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°W on record, 6.6°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.064°/year west — about 1° every 16 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
1	359.2°	5.9°	matches	5,992 ft	ASPH	left
13	128.4°	135.1°	runway 14 by the rule today · 5.1° past	3,554 ft	ASPH	left
19	179.2°	185.9°	matches	5,992 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
23	222.2°	228.8°	matches	5,044 ft	ASPH	left
31	308.4°	315.1°	runway 32 by the rule today · 5.1° past	3,554 ft	ASPH	left
5	42.2°	48.8°	matches	5,044 ft	ASPH	left

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KAYS ☆ Waycross-Ware County