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Gaines County Airport

32.67153°N
-102.65685°W
ARR / DAY
4
11.4%
DEP / DAY
7
2.0%

Gaines County Airport (KGNC) is a small general aviation airport located in Seminole, TX, 58 mi north west of Midland. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,376 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
9 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGNC 011615Z AUTO 15009G14KT 10SM CLR 30/17 A3015 RMK AO2 T03030166

Runway intelligence

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

35
31% of ops
45 land · 4 TO
17
30% of ops
44 land · 122 TO
26
29% of ops
43 land · 8 TO
08
10% of ops
15 land · 5 TO
Runway 35 carries 31% of operations (45 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

35 45 landings
UA 16%
17 44 landings
UA 11%
26 43 landings
UA 7%
08 15 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 35 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 45 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
11.9
flights/day · 358 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 11.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (12.9 vs 12.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 295 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.075
OTHER 132.600
LUBBOCK 132.600
OTHER 269.050
LUBBOCK 269.050
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Mag var:
9° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:27 UTC