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Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

43.97060°N
-84.47500°W
ARR / DAY
0
83.3%
DEP / DAY
0
90.0%

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (KGDW/GDW) is a small general aviation airport located in Gladwin, MI, 86 mi north of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,699 feet.

Current weather

From KMBS, 36 mi away (KGDW does not publish METAR)

45m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
6 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMBS 241753Z 23006KT 10SM BKN060 25/12 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP208 T02500117 10250 20150 58014

Runway intelligence

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

33
55% of ops
97 land · 0 TO
27
26% of ops
45 land · 11 TO
15
11% of ops
19 land · 10 TO
09
8% of ops
14 land · 29 TO
Runway 33 carries 55% of operations (97 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

33 97 landings
UA 0%
27 45 landings
UA 0%
15 19 landings
UA 32%
09 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 97 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
3.0
flights/day · 91 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.9× weekday (4.8 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 68 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.450
APCH 235.625
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.975
OTHER 127.700
FREELAND 127.700
OTHER 290.425
FREELAND 290.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+
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