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KGDW · GDW

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

43.97060°N
-84.47500°W
ARR / DAY
1
40.0%
DEP / DAY
1
22.2%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
4 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGDW 091115Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM FEW095 20/18 A2994 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
46% of ops
61 land · 0 TO
27
26% of ops
34 land · 23 TO
09
16% of ops
21 land · 21 TO
15
13% of ops
17 land · 8 TO
Runway 33 carries 46% of operations (61 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

33 61 landings
UA 30%
27 34 landings
UA 21%
09 21 landings
UA 19%
15 17 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 33 show a 30% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 61 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
3.8
flights/day · 114 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 2pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 3.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.4 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 100 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+
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