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KGDW · GDW

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

43.97060°N
-84.47500°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 150.0%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 80.0%

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (KGDW/GDW) is a small general aviation airport located in Gladwin, MI, 86 mi north of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,700 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
37°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGDW 250735Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 03/03 A3043 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
54% of ops
55 land · 1 TO
09
17% of ops
17 land · 6 TO
27
15% of ops
15 land · 5 TO
15
14% of ops
14 land · 8 TO
Runway 33 carries 54% of operations (55 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

33 55 landings
UA 4%
09 17 landings
UA 6%
27 15 landings
UA 20%
15 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 33 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 55 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
6.3
flights/day · 190 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.3× weekday (11.0 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 163 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 126.450 —
APCH 235.625 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.975 —
OTHER 127.700 —
FREELAND 127.700 —
OTHER 290.425 —
FREELAND 290.425 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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