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KGCT ·

Guthrie County Regional Airport

41.68780°N

-94.43520°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 80.0%

Guthrie County Regional Airport (KGCT) is a small general aviation airport located in Guthrie Center, IA, 43 mi west of Des Moines. It features 1 runway measuring 3,400 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KDSM, 41 mi away (KGCT does not publish METAR)

26m ago

Temp

71°F

Wind

4 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KDSM 170254Z 33004KT 10SM CLR 22/18 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02170183 53003

Runways

1 installed

3,400 FT MAX

18/36

3,400 ft × 60

CON● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

66% of ops

37 land · 12 TO

34% of ops

19 land · 6 TO

Runway 36 carries 66% of operations (37 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

36 37 landings

UA 5%

18 19 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 37 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

2.6

flights/day · 79 total

Busy hour (local)

8pm

also 3pm · 12am

Day vs night

57%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.1 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 79 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	123.900	—
APCH	360.700	—
UNICOM	122.800	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZMP
Mag var:: 3° E
Fuel:: 100LL

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