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Sussex County Airport

38.68920°N
-75.35890°W
ARR / DAY
17
▼ 40.2%
DEP / DAY
17
▼ 36.3%

Sussex County Airport (KGED/GED) is a small general aviation airport located in Georgetown, DE, 79 mi south east of Baltimore. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 17 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
SPECI KGED 080310Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM OVC015 22/20 A3003 RMK AO2 T02220200 $

Runways

2 installed

5,500 FT MAX
04/22
5,500 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
10/28
3,109 ft × 75
ASPH● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

22
63% of ops
942 land · 676 TO
04
21% of ops
318 land · 356 TO
28
12% of ops
178 land · 80 TO
10
5% of ops
68 land · 29 TO
Runway 22 carries 63% of operations (942 landings, 676 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

22 942 landings
UA 21%
04 318 landings
UA 8%
28 178 landings
UA 36%
10 68 landings
UA 24%
Approaches to 22 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (199 UA events from 942 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
41.8
flights/day · 1,255 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 41.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (50.2 vs 40.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

208 · 26%
71 · 9%
62 · 8%
56 · 7%
54 · 7%
51 · 6%
Activity is led by (26% of 787 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 132.425 —
APCH 257.875 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
ASOS 118.375 —
OTHER 125.550 —
APT REMA 125.550 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
12° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

1
Komatoast
09/02/2011
FBO
Good service; moderate fuel price
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