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
32
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
30
▼ 10.3%

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 32 arrivals and 30 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
4 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGVL 132155Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM CLR 29/16 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP177 T02890161 FZRANO $

Runway intelligence

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

05
58% of ops
571 land · 211 TO
11
20% of ops
194 land · 71 TO
23
13% of ops
128 land · 179 TO
29
10% of ops
95 land · 19 TO
Runway 05 carries 58% of operations (571 landings, 211 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

05 571 landings
UA 2%GA 0.2%
11 194 landings
UA 19%
23 128 landings
UA 3%
29 95 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (13 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
56.9
flights/day · 1,708 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 8pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–8pm local, averaging 56.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (39.4 vs 66.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 1,182 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 132.475 —
APCH 291.100 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
ASOS 126.475 —
OTHER 122.500 —
GAINESVI 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:16 UTC