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
40.6%
DEP / DAY
36
85.2%

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 36 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGVL 150255Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN240 27/23 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP204 T02670228 53015 FZRANO $

Runway intelligence

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

05
46% of ops
706 land · 69 TO
11
27% of ops
412 land · 57 TO
29
16% of ops
245 land · 44 TO
23
11% of ops
172 land · 751 TO
Runway 05 carries 46% of operations (706 landings, 69 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

05 706 landings
UA 3%
11 412 landings
UA 7%
29 245 landings
UA 6%
23 172 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 706 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 · 5pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 56.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (49.0 vs 62.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 1,210 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

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 20:21 UTC