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📍 Gadsden⬆ 569 ft2 runways
KGAD · GAD

Northeast Alabama Regional Airport

33.97260°N
-86.08900°W
ARR / DAY
0
90.9%
DEP / DAY
0
94.4%

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.

Current weather

From KANB, 30 mi away (KGAD does not publish METAR)

43m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
5 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KANB 261653Z AUTO 36005KT 10SM BKN020 OVC028 28/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP160 T02830233 $

Runway intelligence

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

24
66% of ops
177 land · 40 TO
18
14% of ops
38 land · 25 TO
06
13% of ops
34 land · 60 TO
36
7% of ops
20 land · 20 TO
Runway 24 carries 66% of operations (177 landings, 40 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 14%.

Approach quality

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

24 177 landings
UA 0%
18 38 landings
UA 0%
06 34 landings
UA 0%
36 20 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 177 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
5.1
flights/day · 152 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 5.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.1 vs 6.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 123 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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