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48G ·

Gavagan Field

43.10340°N

-82.89020°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 66.7%

Gavagan Field (48G) is a small general aviation airport located in Yale, MI, 37 mi north of Sterling Heights. It features 1 runway measuring 1,986 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KPTK, 40 mi away (48G does not publish METAR)

40m ago

Temp

71°F

Wind

6 kts

30°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

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Runways

1 installed

1,986 FT MAX

14/32

1,986 ft × 95

TURF-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

88% of ops

23 land · 1 TO

12% of ops

3 land · 0 TO

Runway 32 carries 88% of operations (23 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

32 23 landings

UA 17%

14 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 32 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 23 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

0.9

flights/day · 27 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 12am · 4pm

Day vs night

52%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 0.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (0.8 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 24 flights). Top three types: , , .

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