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De Kalb County Airport

41.30720°N
-85.06440°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼ 37.2%
DEP / DAY
7
▼ 32.9%

De Kalb County Airport (KGWB) is a small general aviation airport located in Auburn, IN. It features 1 runway measuring 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
2 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGWB 192055Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM CLR 19/04 A3035 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

5,000 FT MAX
09/27
5,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
51% of ops
81 land · 118 TO
09
49% of ops
79 land · 106 TO
Runway 27 carries 51% of operations (81 landings, 118 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

27 81 landings
UA 0%
09 79 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 81 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
10.8
flights/day · 324 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 8pm · 3pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 10.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (8.9 vs 12.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 290 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 127.200 —
APCH 132.150 —
APCH 282.325 —
APCH 284.600 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 124.150 —
OTHER 126.600 —
CD/P 126.600 —
CLASS C 282.325 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
5° 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 21:18 UTC