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
1
85.4%
DEP / DAY
2
73.1%

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 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGKT 250636Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW032 SCT039 BKN046 23/23 A3010 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
68% of ops
332 land · 32 TO
28
32% of ops
157 land · 211 TO
Runway 10 carries 68% of operations (332 landings, 32 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

10 332 landings
UA 0%
28 157 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 332 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
11.5
flights/day · 344 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 1pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 11.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (9.5 vs 12.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 218 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:47 UTC