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KGVL · GVL
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
34.27260°N
-83.83020°W
ARR / DAY
32
▲
0.0%
DEP / DAY
30
▼
10.3%
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (KGVL/GVL) is a small general aviation airport located in Gainesville, GA, 34 mi north west of Athens. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 32 arrivals and 30 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
82°F
Wind
6 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
2 installed
05/23
5,500 ft × 100
ASPH-G○ unlitHIGH
11/29
4,001 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
05
58% of ops
572 land · 211 TO
11
20% of ops
197 land · 71 TO
23
13% of ops
129 land · 184 TO
29
10% of ops
96 land · 19 TO
Runway 05 carries 58% of operations (572 landings, 211 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 20%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
05
572 landings
UA 2%GA 0.2%
11
197 landings
UA 19%
23
129 landings
UA 3%
29
96 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 572 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
57.5
flights/day · 1,725 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 8pm · 3pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.075 | — |
| APCH | 132.475 | — |
| APCH | 291.100 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.075 | — |
| ASOS | 126.475 | — |
| OTHER | 122.500 | — |
| GAINESVI | 122.500 | — |
| OTHER | 127.500 | — |
| ATHENS R | 127.500 | — |
| OTHER | 316.050 | — |
| ATHENS R | 316.050 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZTL
- Mag var:
- 3° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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