Airports / 8GA1 / Gum Creek AirportModerate ground coverage

📍 Roopville⬆ 1,070 ft1 runways

8GA1 ·

Gum Creek Airport

33.42120°N

-85.16190°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 40.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 25.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KANB, 42 mi away (8GA1 does not publish METAR)

1h ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

3 kts

250°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KANB 050753Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 23/22 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP129 T02280222

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

94% of ops

29 land · 4 TO

6% of ops

2 land · 3 TO

Runway 24 carries 94% of operations (29 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 06 at 6%.

Approach quality

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

24 29 landings

UA 7%

06 2 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 24 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 29 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

1.0

flights/day · 31 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 2pm · 3pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (0.8 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 31 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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