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Galesburg Municipal Airport

40.93800°N
-90.43110°W
ARR / DAY
3
17.6%
DEP / DAY
3
162.5%

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 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
3 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGBG 040355Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2994 RMK AO2 T02690238

Runway intelligence

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

10
37% of ops
28 land · 2 TO
28
29% of ops
22 land · 13 TO
21
20% of ops
15 land · 15 TO
03
14% of ops
11 land · 9 TO
Runway 10 carries 37% of operations (28 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 28 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

10 28 landings
UA 0%
28 22 landings
UA 0%
21 15 landings
UA 0%
03 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 10 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 28 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
3.1
flights/day · 92 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.6 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 79 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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