Jesup-Wayne County
JES · KJES · Jesup, Georgia · Wayne County · map
Jesup-Wayne County is a public-use airport owned by Wayne County, 3 miles south of Jesup, Georgia, 108 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KJES · observed 4:50 pm EDT (20:50 UTC), 30 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 1,900 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 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 KJES 062050Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC019 24/21 A2998 RMK AO2
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 JES · ICAO KJES
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wayne County
- Elevation
- 108 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 99 ft high 1,883 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 30 ft high 1,070 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Jes and aWOS-3PT | 118.125 | |
| Brunswick and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 912-427-0855.
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 Jesup from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Jesup, Georgia: 16 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 10 since 1982, 3 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29; PAPI runway 11; PAPI runway 29 and malsf runway 29 - the common traffic frequency.
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.