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Montgomery County Airpark

39.16830°N
-77.16600°W
ARR / DAY
41
23.2%
DEP / DAY
46
21.5%

Montgomery County Airpark (KGAI/GAI) is a small general aviation airport located in Gaithersburg, MD, 20 mi north of Arlington. It features 1 runway measuring 4,202 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 41 arrivals and 46 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
4 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGAI 020056Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM CLR 29/22 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02890217

Runways

1 installed

4,202 FT MAX
14/32
4,202 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

32
64% of ops
1,398 land · 1,426 TO
14
36% of ops
775 land · 701 TO
Runway 32 carries 64% of operations (1,398 landings, 1,426 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

32 1,398 landings
UA 4%
14 775 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 32 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (52 UA events from 1,398 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
77.5
flights/day · 2,324 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 77.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (78.8 vs 80.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 2,163 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075
APCH 128.700
APCH 307.900
UNICOM 123.075
AWOS 128.275
OTHER 121.600
CD/P 121.600
OTHER 126.750
TRSTN ST 126.750
OTHER 128.700
TERPZ DP 128.700
OTHER 307.200
TRSTN ST 307.200
OTHER 307.900
TERPZ DP 307.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 300 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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