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KGVL · GVL
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
34.27260°N
-83.83020°W
ARR / DAY
25
▼
16.6%
DEP / DAY
26
▼
27.0%
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 25 arrivals and 26 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
75°F
Wind
8 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
2 installed
05/23
5,500 ft × 100
ASPH-G○ unlitHIGH
11/29
4,001 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
05
47% of ops
837 land · 92 TO
11
26% of ops
476 land · 69 TO
29
16% of ops
289 land · 61 TO
23
11% of ops
196 land · 841 TO
Runway 05 carries 47% of operations (837 landings, 92 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 26%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
05
837 landings
UA 3%
11
476 landings
UA 6%
29
289 landings
UA 7%
23
196 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 837 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
56.0
flights/day · 1,680 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
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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