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Gwinner Roger Melroe Field

46.21870°N
-97.64320°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

Gwinner Roger Melroe Field (KGWR) is a small general aviation airport located in Gwinner, ND, 61 mi south west of Fargo. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
10 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGWR 150155Z AUTO 16010KT 9SM SCT030 OVC035 23/23 A3001 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

24
48% of ops
11 land · 2 TO
16
43% of ops
10 land · 1 TO
06
4% of ops
1 land · 1 TO
34
4% of ops
1 land · 6 TO
Runway 24 carries 48% of operations (11 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

24 11 landings
UA 0%
16 10 landings
UA 0%
06 1 landings
UA 0%
34 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 11 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
1.2
flights/day · 37 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (0.9 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 37 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 118.325
OTHER 127.350
FARGO RC 127.350
OTHER 278.300
FARGO RC 278.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
4° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
4/2/2014
NDB OTS Perm
GWR 278 OTS permanent 17 Oct 13
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