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KGDW · GDW

Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

43.97060°N
-84.47500°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
35.7%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
1 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGDW 022355Z AUTO 10001KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A2989 RMK AO2 10288 20239

Runway intelligence

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

33
44% of ops
62 land · 2 TO
27
30% of ops
43 land · 20 TO
09
14% of ops
20 land · 22 TO
15
11% of ops
16 land · 8 TO
Runway 33 carries 44% of operations (62 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

33 62 landings
UA 29%
27 43 landings
UA 16%
09 20 landings
UA 20%
15 16 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 33 show a 29% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 62 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
3.9
flights/day · 117 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.8 vs 4.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 96 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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