Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport satellite view
📍 Gainesville⬆ 1,276 ft2 runways
KGVL · GVL

Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport

34.27260°N
-83.83020°W
ARR / DAY
28
1.0%
DEP / DAY
32
20.9%

Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (KGVL/GVL) is a small general aviation airport located in Gainesville, GA, 34 mi north west of Athens. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,496 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 28 arrivals and 32 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
3 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGVL 250755Z AUTO 03003KT 10SM CLR 21/15 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP163 T02060150 FZRANO $

Runway intelligence

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

05
49% of ops
428 land · 63 TO
11
25% of ops
215 land · 37 TO
29
15% of ops
126 land · 22 TO
23
11% of ops
96 land · 435 TO
Runway 05 carries 49% of operations (428 landings, 63 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

05 428 landings
UA 3%
11 215 landings
UA 9%
29 126 landings
UA 5%
23 96 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 428 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
58.3
flights/day · 1,749 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 58.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (55.9 vs 62.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 1,238 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075
APCH 132.475
APCH 291.100
UNICOM 123.075
ASOS 126.475
OTHER 122.500
GAINESVI 122.500
OTHER 127.500
ATHENS R 127.500
OTHER 316.050
ATHENS R 316.050
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 08:11 UTC