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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

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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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