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KAYS · Waycross Ware County Airport

ICAO · US · 14 NTSB events

ID KAYS FAA AYS Elev 142 ft Lat 31° 14.95' N Lon 82° 23.73' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

6 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,992 ft. Max gradient: 0.09%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
01 359° 5,992 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.09%
19 179° 5,992 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.09%
05 42.3° 5,044 ft 100 ft ASP No 0.08%
23 222.3° 5,044 ft 100 ft ASP No 0.08%
13 128.3° 3,554 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.08%
31 308.3° 3,554 ft 75 ft ASP No 0.08%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 4 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 118.575
  • CNTR JACKSONVILLE CNTR 132.300
  • RDO MACON RDO 110.200
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KAYS on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 1 matched · 13 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 19; REIL Rwy 19; PAPI Rwy 01 and 19; HIRL Rwy 01–19. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 19; REIL Rwy 19; PAPI Rwy 01 and 19; HIRL Rwy 01–19. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 19; REIL Rwy 19; PAPI Rwy 01 and 19; HIRL Rwy 01–19. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT MALSR Rwy 19; REIL Rwy 19; PAPI Rwy 01 and 19; HIRL Rwy 01–19—CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (13 sentences)
  • ·GEORGIA 259 WAYCROSS–WARE CO (AYS)(KAYS) 3 NW UTC–5(–4DT) N31º14.90´ W82º23.72´ 141 B NOTAM FILE AYS RWY 01–19: H5992X100 (ASPH) S–45, D–70, 2S–88 HIRL RWY 01: PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.0º TCH 33´.
  • ·PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.0º TCH 45´.
  • ·RWY 05–23: H5044X100 (ASPH) S–18 RWY 05: Trees.
  • ·RWY 13–31: H3554X75 (ASPH) S–18 RWY 31: Trees.
  • ·Attended Mon–Fri 1200–0000Z‡.
  • ·Parachute Jumping. 1089´ twr 9.5 NM west of arpt.
  • ·For fuel after hrs call 912–287–4335.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 912-337-1462
  • ·AWOS–3 118.575 (912) 287–4466.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 RCO 122.1R 110.2T (MACON RADIO) ®JACKSONVILLE CENTER APP/DEP CON 127.575 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Jacksonville ARTCC at 904-845-1592.
  • ·(VL) (H) VORTAC 112.4 AYS Chan 71 N31º16.17´ W82º33.39´ 099º 8.4 NM to fld. 155/0E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 037º–047º byd 10 NM blo 10,000´ 057º–062º byd 40 NM 090º–095º byd 40 NM 157º–162º byd 40 NM 185º–190º byd 40 NM 198º–250º byd 20 NM 251º–300º byd 10 NM blo 8,000´ 280º–285º byd 40 NM 295º–300º byd 40 NM 301º–330º byd 10 NM blo 12,000´ 305º–310º byd 40 NM 345º–355º byd 10 NM blo 3,000´ TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 009º–069º byd 20 NM blo 10,000´ 070º–080º byd 6 NM blo 8,000´ 087º–107º byd 15 NM blo 8,000´ 113º–151º byd 20 NM blo 8,000´ 198º–250º byd 20 NM 251º–300º byd 10 NM blo 12,000´ 301º–330º byd 10 NM blo 12,000´ 331º–357º byd 10 NM blo 8,000´ 358º–008º byd 10 NM blo 3,000´ DME unusable: 009º–069º byd 20 NM blo 10,000´ 070º–080º byd 6 NM blo 8,000´ 198º–250º byd 20 NM 251º–300º byd 10 NM blo 12,000´ 331º–357º byd 10 NM blo 8,000´ 358º–008º byd 10 NM blo 10,000´ WIKET NDB (LOMW) 219 AY N31º19.55´ W82º23.87´ 183º 4.6 NM to fld. 108/5W.
  • ·JACKSONVILLE H–9B, 12F, L–24H IAP SE, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · AYS

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

14 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

15

since 1982

Fatal

1

6.7% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

3

≈ 0.3/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 48,500 ops in 1996

2024 total

18,000

10-yr total

180,000

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 97% · Mil 3%

Events / million ops

16.7

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

1.11

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=3

  • Midair / near-midair 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

All time · n=14

  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 3
  • Other 3
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • Hard landing 1
  • Ground collision 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2005-12-06 Cessna 172H · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2024-11-05 Hughes 369D · CFIT · day →
2021-09-23 WYDER ROBERT G MARQUART MA-5 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2016-10-21 Nanchang,Nanchang CJ6,CJ6 · Midair / near-midair · VMC · day →
2015-03-10 Cessna 182L · Other · day →
2009-04-27 Cessna 150K · Weather · day →
2000-07-09 James Browning MIDGET MUSTANG-I · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2000-04-22 Cessna 150 · Fuel exhaustion · day →
1997-11-23 Cessna 182A · Engine failure · day →
1997-06-13 Cessna 210F · CFIT · VMC · day →
1996-08-24 Cessna 152 · Ground collision · day →
1991-04-03 DAVID LOWE ULTRA-PUP · Other · VMC · day →
1986-07-04 Swearingen SA-26AT · Other · VMC · day →
1983-03-25 Beech C24R · Fuel exhaustion · day →

Designees in GA

CFI Flight Instructors 2,408 A&P Mechanics 13,587 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 61 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 10 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 17 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 9 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 9 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 38 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 31 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 127 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 141 ODA Organizational Designations 4 Schools Flight Schools 65 FBO Fixed Base Operators 80 Clubs Flying Clubs 28 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 15 EAA EAA Chapters 25

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Elliot Neal Brandt Hinesville GA 53 nm
Luke Closson Quitman GA 66 nm
Matthew Emerson Blythe Jacksonville FL 67 nm
Randal Lee Miner Jacksonville FL 67 nm
Thomas Dowell Jacksonville FL 67 nm
William Karl Walker Jacksonville FL 67 nm
Adam Stuart Reid Eastman GA 69 nm
Douglas Scott Carmody Savannah GA 77 nm
Ronald Adam Holloway Cochran GA 84 nm
Adam Stuart Reid Green Cove Springs FL 84 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Gary William Chapman Waycross GA 3 nm
William Thomas Cady Iii Waycross GA 3 nm
Benjamin Farrell Gleaton Waycross GA 3 nm
Taylor Lamar Gibson Blackshear GA 8 nm
John Matthew Keanon Blackshear GA 8 nm
Kevin Neil Dixon Patterson GA 16 nm
James Edwin Bennett Alma GA 18 nm
Madison Jade Hamilton Nicholls GA 21 nm
Richard Lee Mallick Screven GA 24 nm
Kip Everett Mcclelland West Green GA 28 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Gary William Chapman Waycross GA 3 nm
Steen Drayton Ulmer Waycross GA 3 nm
Gary Francis Rawlinson Waycross GA 3 nm
William Ralph Griffin Waycross GA 3 nm
Terry Lee Lascelles Waycross GA 3 nm
Barton Arthur Kestner Waycross GA 3 nm
Matthew Gary Shell Waycross GA 3 nm
Joseph Corey Fullard Waycross GA 3 nm
Ryan Lewis Carter Blackshear GA 8 nm
Steven Charles Foreman Blackshear GA 8 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Palmetto Aviation Repair, LLC
St. Simons Island, GA
 52 nm
Advanced AeroTechnologies Group
Fernandina Beach, FL
 62 nm
Fernandina Beach Aircraft Maintenance
Fernandina Beach, FL
 62 nm
Bragg Avionics
Jacksonville, FL
 71 nm
Corporate Aircraft Maintenance
Jacksonville, FL
 71 nm
Quest Avionics, Inc.
Crystal River, FL
 125 nm
East Coast Aircraft Paint and Interior
Deland, FL
 143 nm
MT Propeller USA, Inc.
Deland, FL
 144 nm
Central Florida Avionics & Instruments
Leesburg, FL
 149 nm
Avionics Installations, Inc.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
 151 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.