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Gwinner Roger Melroe Field

46.21870°N
-97.64320°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
7 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGWR 260335Z AUTO 18007KT 7SM FEW042 SCT049 26/26 A2986 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

16
63% of ops
24 land · 0 TO
24
26% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
34
11% of ops
4 land · 9 TO
06
0% of ops
0 land · 3 TO
Runway 16 carries 63% of operations (24 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

16 24 landings
UA 0%
24 10 landings
UA 0%
34 4 landings
UA 0%
06 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 16 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 24 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
0.7
flights/day · 22 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 8pm · 1am
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–7pm local, averaging 0.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.4 vs 0.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 22 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
04/02/2014
NDB OTS Perm
GWR 278 OTS permanent 17 Oct 13
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