Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport satellite view
📍 Gainesville⬆ 1,276 ft2 runways
KGVL · GVL

Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport

34.27260°N
-83.83020°W
ARR / DAY
28
▼ 6.6%
DEP / DAY
32
▲ 11.9%

Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (KGVL/GVL) is a small general aviation airport located in Gainesville, GA, 34 mi north west of Athens. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 28 arrivals and 32 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
5 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGVL 110655Z AUTO 28005KT 10SM CLR 12/06 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01220061 FZRANO $

Runway intelligence

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

05
56% of ops
571 land · 233 TO
11
22% of ops
225 land · 67 TO
23
12% of ops
124 land · 216 TO
29
9% of ops
96 land · 35 TO
Runway 05 carries 56% of operations (571 landings, 233 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

05 571 landings
UA 3%
11 225 landings
UA 16%
23 124 landings
UA 4%
29 96 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 571 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
60.9
flights/day · 1,826 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 60.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (54.9 vs 66.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 1,313 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 132.475 —
APCH 291.100 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
ASOS 126.475 —
GAINESVI 122.500 —
OTHER 122.500 —
OTHER 127.500 —
ATHENS R 127.500 —
OTHER 316.050 —
ATHENS R 316.050 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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