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KGVL · GVL
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
34.27260°N
-83.83020°W
ARR / DAY
8
▼
67.8%
DEP / DAY
13
▼
55.0%
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 5,496 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 13 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
6 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
2 installed
05/23
5,496 ft × 100
ASPH-G○ unlitHIGH
11/29
4,003 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
05
45% of ops
1,008 land · 118 TO
11
26% of ops
575 land · 118 TO
29
18% of ops
408 land · 63 TO
23
11% of ops
240 land · 999 TO
Runway 05 carries 45% of operations (1,008 landings, 118 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
1,008 landings
UA 1%
11
575 landings
UA 8%
29
408 landings
UA 5%
23
240 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 05 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 1,008 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
53.4
flights/day · 1,603 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
75%
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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