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Crystal River Airport

28.86730°N
-82.57130°W
ARR / DAY
13
▼ 12.7%
DEP / DAY
4
▲ 31.8%

Crystal River Airport (KCGC) is a small general aviation airport located in Crystal River, FL, 56 mi south of Gainesville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,557 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 13 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
11 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KCGC 031635Z AUTO 08011G17KT 10SM SCT038 BKN110 27/18 A3012 RMK AO2

Runways

2 installed

4,557 FT MAX
09/27
4,557 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18/36
2,666 ft × 100
GRS○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

36
53% of ops
130 land · 0 TO
27
31% of ops
76 land · 0 TO
18
11% of ops
26 land · 0 TO
09
6% of ops
15 land · 0 TO
Runway 36 carries 53% of operations (130 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

36 130 landings
UA 12%
27 76 landings
UA 0%
18 26 landings
UA 0%
09 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 130 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
10.2
flights/day · 306 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 10.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (5.5 vs 12.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

113 · 44%
71 · 28%
10 · 4%
8 · 3%
6 · 2%
6 · 2%
Activity is led by (44% of 258 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725 —
APCH 118.600 —
APCH 251.150 —
UNICOM 122.725 —
AWOS 118.325 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

1
airbound
05/10/2011
CGC - Crystal River - DQ Stop
Flew into CGC for Solo-XC as part of ASEL. Easy to spot from SE. Extra bonus - a Dairy Queen adjacent to field, great refreshment after baking in the sun for a few hours.
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