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Gavagan Field

43.10340°N

-82.89020°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 75.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 40.0%

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 KMTC, 34 mi away (48G does not publish METAR)

55m ago

Temp

73°F

Wind

5 kts

200°

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

100% of ops

21 land · 2 TO

Runway 32 carries 100% of operations (21 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days.

Approach quality

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

32 21 landings

UA 29%

Approaches to 32 show a 29% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 21 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

0.8

flights/day · 24 total

Busy hour (local)

6pm

also 3pm · 8pm

Day vs night

62%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 0.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.2 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 22 flights). Top three types: , , .

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