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Crystal River Airport

28.86730°N
-82.57130°W
ARR / DAY
14
▼ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
8
▼ 56.3%

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 14 arrivals and 8 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

14h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
4 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KCGC 241615Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM SCT028 SCT039 32/25 A3005 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
48% of ops
259 land · 32 TO
27
31% of ops
169 land · 18 TO
18
13% of ops
71 land · 74 TO
09
8% of ops
41 land · 68 TO
Runway 36 carries 48% of operations (259 landings, 32 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

36 259 landings
UA 3%
27 169 landings
UA 0%
18 71 landings
UA 1%
09 41 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 259 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
26.1
flights/day · 783 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 26.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (23.0 vs 28.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

407 · 60%
125 · 18%
44 · 6%
15 · 2%
11 · 2%
10 · 1%
Activity is led by (60% of 680 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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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