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Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport

43.97060°N
-84.47500°W
ARR / DAY
3
37.9%
DEP / DAY
1
69.6%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
6 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGDW 240535Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM FEW036 FEW110 15/10 A2992 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

33
44% of ops
34 land · 1 TO
27
31% of ops
24 land · 7 TO
09
13% of ops
10 land · 13 TO
15
12% of ops
9 land · 5 TO
Runway 33 carries 44% of operations (34 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

33 34 landings
UA 24%
27 24 landings
UA 12%
09 10 landings
UA 20%
15 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 33 show a 24% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 34 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 · 107 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–11pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (3.1 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 87 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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