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De Kalb County Airport

41.30720°N
-85.06440°W
ARR / DAY
1
82.7%
DEP / DAY
2
80.0%

De Kalb County Airport (KGWB) is a small general aviation airport located in Auburn, IN. It features 1 runway measuring 7,106 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
9 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGWB 282015Z AUTO 34009G14KT 10SM FEW036 SCT044 SCT050 28/20 A2978 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

7,106 FT MAX
09/27
7,106 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
56% of ops
109 land · 171 TO
09
44% of ops
85 land · 95 TO
Runway 27 carries 56% of operations (109 landings, 171 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

27 109 landings
UA 6%GA 0.9%
09 85 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 27 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 109 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
11.1
flights/day · 333 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 11.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (9.1 vs 12.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 266 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 20:38 UTC