KJKA Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Fld

PROBABLE 60%

Runway 35 — 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. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building.

certainty: 60% evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 040° true at 13 kt · VFR · 21 min old · from KBFM (28.1 nm away)

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35 52% 3596 ft · 9 kt head, 9 kt x-right

9 48% 6962 ft · 8 kt head, 10 kt x-left

27 <1% 6962 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 10 kt x-right

17 <1% 3596 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 9 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS RWY 27 until 05-21 15:47Z

IAP GULF SHORES INTL/JACK EDWARDS FLD, GULF SHORES, AL.
ILS OR LOC RWY 27, AMDT 1B...
S-ILS 27 DA 387/HAT 370 ALL CATS, VIS ALL CATS 1. S-LOC 27 VIS ALL CATS 1.  CIRCLING MDA CATS A/B 580/HAA 563.  GEVBE FIX MINIMUMS: S-LOC 27 MDA 440/HAT 423 ALL CATS, VIS ALL CATS 1. CIRCLING MDA CATS A/B 580/HAA 563. VDP NA. RWY 27 HELICOPTER VISIBILITY REDUCTION BELOW 1 SM NA. CHANGE NOTES TO READ: WHEN LOCAL ALTIMETER SETTING NOT RECEIVED, USE PENSACOLA INTL ALTIMETER SETTING AND INCREASE DA TO 465 FEET; INCREASE ALL MDAS 80 FEET; INCREASE S-LOC 27 VISIBILITY CATS C AND D 3/8 SM; INCREASE ALL CIRCLING VISIBILITY CAT C AND D 1/4 SM. GEVBE FIX MINIMUMS: FOR INOP ALS, INCREASE S-LOC VISIBILITY CATS C AND D TO 1 1/4 SM. PENSACOLA INTL ALTIMETER SETTING MINIMUMS: FOR INOP ALS, INCREASE S-ILS 27 VISIBILITY ALL CATS TO 1 3/8 SM, INCREASE S-LOC 27 VISIBILITY CATS C AND D TO 1 3/4 SM; INCREASE GEVBE FIX MINIMUMS S-LOC 27 VISIBILITY CATS C AND D TO 1 3/8 SM. TEMPORARY CRANES UP TO 265 MSL 4964FT SW OF JKA AIRPORT (2024-ASO-16982/16983-OE).
2610091547-2705211547EST

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 35

WIND 9 kt headwind, 9 kt right crosswind 21 min ago +1.67
PRIOR runway length 3596 ft -0.07

Runway 9

WIND 8 kt headwind, 10 kt left crosswind 21 min ago +1.46
PRIOR runway length 6962 ft +0.07

Runway 27

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 10 kt right crosswind 21 min ago -11.04
PRIOR runway length 6962 ft +0.07

Runway 17

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 9 kt left crosswind 21 min ago -13.07
PRIOR runway length 3596 ft -0.07

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	21 min	Nearest station KBFM (28.1 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	3921 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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KJKA field & runways

Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Fld, Gulf Shores, Alabama. Field elevation 17 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 0.0°W on record, 3.2°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 0.078°/year west — about 1° every 13 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	Notes
17	175.1°	178.3°	runway 18 by the rule today · 8.3° past	3,596 ft	ASPH
27	269.9°	273.1°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~25 yr	6,962 ft	ASPH	ILS
35	355.1°	358.3°	runway 36 by the rule today · 8.3° past	3,596 ft	ASPH
9	89.9°	93.1°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~25 yr	6,962 ft	ASPH

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KJKA ☆ Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Fld