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Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

43.97060°N
-84.47500°W
ARR / DAY
4
66.7%
DEP / DAY
4
8.3%

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 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KGDW 031635Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 25/07 A3031 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
85% of ops
41 land · 0 TO
27
15% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
Runway 33 carries 85% of operations (41 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

33 41 landings
UA 0%
27 7 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 33 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 41 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
3.5
flights/day · 104 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 3.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (2.9 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 83 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 126.450
APCH 235.625
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 118.975
FREELAND 127.700
FREELAND 290.425
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+
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