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Crystal River Airport

28.86730°N
-82.57130°W
ARR / DAY
14
▼ 22.9%
DEP / DAY
6
▼ 50.6%

Crystal River Airport (KCGC) is a small general aviation airport located in Crystal River, FL, 56 mi south of Gainesville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,555 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 14 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KCGC 090815Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3009 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

4,555 FT MAX
09/27
4,555 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18/36
3,020 ft × 100
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

36
47% of ops
453 land · 53 TO
27
34% of ops
328 land · 33 TO
18
12% of ops
114 land · 128 TO
09
8% of ops
73 land · 132 TO
Runway 36 carries 47% of operations (453 landings, 53 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

36 453 landings
UA 3%
27 328 landings
UA 0%
18 114 landings
UA 0%
09 73 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 453 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
29.7
flights/day · 892 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 29.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (29.6 vs 31.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

468 · 61%
118 · 15%
32 · 4%
24 · 3%
19 · 2%
16 · 2%
Activity is led by (61% of 767 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725 —
APCH 118.600 —
APCH 251.150 —
UNICOM 122.725 —
AWOS 118.325 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
5° 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
airbound
5/10/2011
CGC - Crystal River - DQ Stop
Flew into CGC for Solo-XC as part of ASEL. Easy to spot from SE. Extra bonus - a Dairy Queen adjacent to field, great refreshment after baking in the sun for a few hours.
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