Montgomery County Airpark satellite view
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KGAI · GAI

Montgomery County Airpark

39.16830°N
-77.16600°W
ARR / DAY
32
▼ 45.4%
DEP / DAY
40
▼ 41.0%

Montgomery County Airpark (KGAI/GAI) is a small general aviation airport located in Gaithersburg, MD, 20 mi north of Arlington. It features 1 runway measuring 4,202 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 32 arrivals and 40 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
4 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGAI 120356Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM BKN080 12/08 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP080 T01170083 402000050

Runways

1 installed

4,202 FT MAX
14/32
4,202 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

14
65% of ops
1,325 land · 1,365 TO
32
35% of ops
705 land · 704 TO
Runway 14 carries 65% of operations (1,325 landings, 1,365 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

14 1,325 landings
UA 5%
32 705 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 14 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (69 UA events from 1,325 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
81.5
flights/day · 2,444 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 3pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 81.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (94.8 vs 80.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 2,216 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 128.700 —
APCH 307.900 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 128.275 —
OTHER 121.600 —
CD/P 121.600 —
OTHER 126.750 —
TRSTN ST 126.750 —
OTHER 128.700 —
TERPZ DP 128.700 —
OTHER 307.200 —
TRSTN ST 307.200 —
OTHER 307.900 —
TERPZ DP 307.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 277 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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