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Galesburg Municipal Airport

40.93800°N
-90.43110°W
ARR / DAY
1
133.3%
DEP / DAY
1
125.0%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
90°
Visib
4828 m
Ceil
METAR KGBG 150615Z AUTO 09004KT 3SM +RA OVC006 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 T02280228

Runway intelligence

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

10
38% of ops
46 land · 0 TO
21
33% of ops
40 land · 23 TO
03
18% of ops
21 land · 25 TO
28
11% of ops
13 land · 16 TO
Runway 10 carries 38% of operations (46 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

10 46 landings
UA 0%
21 40 landings
UA 0%
03 21 landings
UA 0%
28 13 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 46 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
3.5
flights/day · 104 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–10pm local, averaging 3.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.1 vs 3.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 87 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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