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KGED · GED

Sussex County Airport

38.68920°N
-75.35890°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Sussex County Airport (KGED/GED) is a small general aviation airport located in Georgetown, DE, 79 mi south east of Baltimore. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,500 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
7 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGED 270354Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM FEW070 BKN085 OVC100 21/17 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T02110167

Runways

2 installed

5,500 FT MAX
04/22
5,500 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
10/28
3,109 ft × 75
ASPH● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

22
57% of ops
1,067 land · 735 TO
04
23% of ops
421 land · 591 TO
28
11% of ops
208 land · 45 TO
10
9% of ops
165 land · 152 TO
Runway 22 carries 57% of operations (1,067 landings, 735 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

22 1,067 landings
UA 8%
04 421 landings
UA 2%
28 208 landings
UA 16%
10 165 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 22 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (81 UA events from 1,067 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
34.6
flights/day · 1,039 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 34.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (35.9 vs 35.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

160 · 26%
57 · 9%
40 · 6%
40 · 6%
38 · 6%
37 · 6%
Activity is led by (26% of 626 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 132.425 —
APCH 257.875 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
ASOS 118.375 —
OTHER 125.550 —
APT REMA 125.550 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
12° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Komatoast
09/02/2011
FBO
Good service; moderate fuel price
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