Airports / KGKT / Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge AirportIATA GKTGood ground coverage
Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport satellite view
📍 Sevierville⬆ 1,014 ft1 runways
KGKT · GKT

Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport

35.85780°N
-83.52870°W
ARR / DAY
9
▲ 12.7%
DEP / DAY
7
▼ 15.5%

Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (KGKT/GKT) is a small general aviation airport located in Sevierville, TN, 23 mi east of Knoxville. It features 1 runway measuring 5,506 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGKT 261836Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/04 A3006 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

5,506 FT MAX
10/28
5,506 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

10
76% of ops
186 land · 28 TO
28
24% of ops
58 land · 109 TO
Runway 10 carries 76% of operations (186 landings, 28 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

10 186 landings
UA 1%
28 58 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 10 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 186 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
14.5
flights/day · 434 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 14.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (12.0 vs 16.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 261 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 132.800 —
APCH 360.800 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 126.875 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° 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
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