Airports / 8GA1 / Gum Creek AirportModerate ground coverage

📍 Roopville⬆ 1,070 ft1 runways

8GA1 ·

Gum Creek Airport

33.42120°N

-85.16190°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Gum Creek Airport (8GA1) is a small general aviation airport located in Roopville, GA, 31 mi south west of South Fulton. It features 1 runway measuring 2,350 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From K6A2, 53 mi away (8GA1 does not publish METAR)

just now

Temp

86°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR K6A2 312355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/18 A3009 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,350 FT MAX

06/24

2,350 ft × 65

TURF● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

88% of ops

22 land · 4 TO

12% of ops

3 land · 7 TO

Runway 24 carries 88% of operations (22 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 12%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

24 22 landings

UA 5%

06 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 24 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 22 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

1.2

flights/day · 35 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 1pm · 4pm

Day vs night

69%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.1 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (33% of 33 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZTL
Elevation:: 1,070 ft
Mag var:: 1° W

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