Airports / KGAD / Northeast Alabama Regional AirportIATA GADPoor ground coverage
Northeast Alabama Regional Airport satellite view
📍 Gadsden⬆ 569 ft2 runways
KGAD · GAD

Northeast Alabama Regional Airport

33.97260°N
-86.08900°W
ARR / DAY
3
19.2%
DEP / DAY
3
14.8%

Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (KGAD/GAD) is a small general aviation airport located in Gadsden, AL, 52 mi north east of Birmingham. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,802 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KVPC, 72 mi away (KGAD does not publish METAR)

31m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
3219 m
Ceil
METAR KVPC 131315Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM HZ 26/24 A3007 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/4V3

Runway intelligence

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

24
62% of ops
143 land · 49 TO
18
19% of ops
45 land · 20 TO
06
10% of ops
23 land · 40 TO
36
9% of ops
21 land · 29 TO
Runway 24 carries 62% of operations (143 landings, 49 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

24 143 landings
UA 0%
18 45 landings
UA 0%
06 23 landings
UA 0%
36 21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 143 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
7.4
flights/day · 222 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (4.6 vs 8.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 187 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 125.450
APCH 279.650
UNICOM 122.725
AWOS 127.825
OTHER 120.050
CD/P 120.050
OTHER 257.700
CD/P 257.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 13:46 UTC