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Crystal River Airport

28.86730°N
-82.57130°W
ARR / DAY
12
▼ 42.8%
DEP / DAY
9
▼ 36.8%

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 12 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

7h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KCGC 272355Z AUTO 20007KT 150V250 10SM SCT028 SCT044 BKN110 28/24 A2999 RMK AO2 P0001

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
46% of ops
254 land · 32 TO
27
32% of ops
177 land · 19 TO
18
14% of ops
74 land · 76 TO
09
8% of ops
43 land · 69 TO
Runway 36 carries 46% of operations (254 landings, 32 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

36 254 landings
UA 2%
27 177 landings
UA 0%
18 74 landings
UA 1%
09 43 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 254 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
26.3
flights/day · 790 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 26.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (19.6 vs 30.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

419 · 61%
123 · 18%
38 · 6%
16 · 2%
11 · 2%
11 · 2%
Activity is led by (61% of 685 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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