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Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

43.97060°N
-84.47500°W
ARR / DAY
2
62.5%
DEP / DAY
2
47.8%

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport (KGDW/GDW) is a small general aviation airport located in Gladwin, MI, 86 mi north of Lansing. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,699 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
2 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGDW 281355Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM FEW055 OVC070 15/12 A3019 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
45% of ops
35 land · 1 TO
27
32% of ops
25 land · 11 TO
09
13% of ops
10 land · 10 TO
15
10% of ops
8 land · 4 TO
Runway 33 carries 45% of operations (35 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

33 35 landings
UA 26%
27 25 landings
UA 12%
09 10 landings
UA 20%
15 8 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 33 show a 26% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 35 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
3.6
flights/day · 108 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.9 vs 4.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 88 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.450
APCH 235.625
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.975
OTHER 127.700
FREELAND 127.700
OTHER 290.425
FREELAND 290.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+
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