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Galesburg Municipal Airport

40.93800°N
-90.43110°W
ARR / DAY
2
17.6%
DEP / DAY
2
88.9%

Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG/GBG) is a small general aviation airport located in Galesburg, IL, 41 mi south of Davenport. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,793 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
3 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGBG 030335Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2994 RMK AO2 T02510238

Runway intelligence

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

10
35% of ops
25 land · 2 TO
28
30% of ops
21 land · 11 TO
21
21% of ops
15 land · 15 TO
03
14% of ops
10 land · 9 TO
Runway 10 carries 35% of operations (25 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

10 25 landings
UA 0%
28 21 landings
UA 0%
21 15 landings
UA 0%
03 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 25 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
2.8
flights/day · 85 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 2pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (3.6 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 75 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 133.275
APCH 257.800
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 118.975
OTHER 120.700
CD/P 120.700
OTHER 135.600
BURLINGT 135.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
svanarts
8/10/2011
Bought gas here
Just a quick stop for gas on my way to Oklahoma from Oshkosh.
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