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Galesburg Municipal Airport

40.93800°N
-90.43110°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 9.1%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 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 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGBG 210135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 11/09 A3030 RMK AO2 T01060087

Runway intelligence

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

28
37% of ops
19 land · 6 TO
10
33% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
21
21% of ops
11 land · 7 TO
03
10% of ops
5 land · 6 TO
Runway 28 carries 37% of operations (19 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

28 19 landings
UA 0%
10 17 landings
UA 0%
21 11 landings
UA 0%
03 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 19 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 · 84 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (2.9 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 64 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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