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KGVL · GVL
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
34.27260°N
-83.83020°W
ARR / DAY
37
▲
1.6%
DEP / DAY
35
▲
0.0%
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 37 arrivals and 35 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 1 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
93°F
Wind
7 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
2 installed
05/23
5,496 ft × 100
ASPH-G○ unlitHIGH
11/29
4,003 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
05
52% of ops
800 land · 148 TO
11
23% of ops
357 land · 92 TO
23
14% of ops
214 land · 624 TO
29
11% of ops
174 land · 32 TO
Runway 05 carries 52% of operations (800 landings, 148 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 23%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
05
800 landings
UA 3%
11
357 landings
UA 12%
23
214 landings
UA 5%
29
174 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 05 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 800 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
61.6
flights/day · 1,848 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
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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