Waycross-Ware County
AYS · KAYS · Waycross, Georgia · Ware County · map
Waycross-Ware County is a public-use airport owned by Ware County, 3 miles northwest of Waycross, Georgia, 141 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,992 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 40 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 18,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAYS · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,300 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAYS 062315Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC023 23/20 A2995 RMK AO2 T02290201
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AYS · ICAO KAYS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ware County
- Elevation
- 141 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,992 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 5,044 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 13/31 | 3,554 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 1,321 ft from the end
- Runway 19: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 97 ft high 1,896 ft from the end
- Runway 05: trees 80 ft high 1,257 ft from the end
- Runway 23: trees 69 ft high 1,270 ft from the end
- Runway 31: trees 53 ft high 1,260 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Ays and aWOS-3 | 118.575 | |
| Alma and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 912-287-4466.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 18,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Waycross from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Waycross, Georgia: 9 piston singles, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- 1089 feet tower 9.5 NM west of airport.
- DUSK-2200; after 2200, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 19; runway end identifier lights runway 19; PAPI runway 01 and 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.