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Galesburg Municipal Airport

40.93800°N
-90.43110°W
ARR / DAY
2
114.3%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

Galesburg Municipal Airport (KGBG/GBG) is a small general aviation airport located in Galesburg, IL, 41 mi south of Davenport. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,792 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
4 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGBG 271255Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A3006 RMK AO2 T01720172

Runway intelligence

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

10
39% of ops
16 land · 0 TO
21
24% of ops
10 land · 6 TO
28
22% of ops
9 land · 7 TO
03
15% of ops
6 land · 4 TO
Runway 10 carries 39% of operations (16 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

10 16 landings
UA 0%
21 10 landings
UA 0%
28 9 landings
UA 0%
03 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 16 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.6 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 68 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 133.275
APCH 257.800
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 118.975
OTHER 120.700
CD/P 120.700
OTHER 135.600
BURLINGT 135.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
2° W
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
svanarts
08/10/2011
Bought gas here
Just a quick stop for gas on my way to Oklahoma from Oshkosh.
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