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Montgomery County Airpark

39.16830°N
-77.16600°W
ARR / DAY
49
15.6%
DEP / DAY
54
15.5%

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 49 arrivals and 54 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

58m ago
Temp
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGAI 030456Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW060 21/ A3006 RMK AO2 SLP186 T0211

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
67% of ops
2,540 land · 2,579 TO
14
33% of ops
1,244 land · 1,152 TO
Runway 32 carries 67% of operations (2,540 landings, 2,579 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

32 2,540 landings
UA 4%
14 1,244 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 32 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (99 UA events from 2,540 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
85.7
flights/day · 2,572 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 85.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (84.8 vs 90.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 2,389 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 10 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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