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De Kalb County Airport

41.30720°N
-85.06440°W
ARR / DAY
8
18.0%
DEP / DAY
11
12.8%

De Kalb County Airport (KGWB) is a small general aviation airport located in Auburn, IN. It features 1 runway measuring 7,106 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
82°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGWB 312355Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A2998 RMK AO2 10308 20247

Runways

1 installed

7,106 FT MAX
09/27
7,106 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

27
58% of ops
124 land · 162 TO
09
42% of ops
89 land · 114 TO
Runway 27 carries 58% of operations (124 landings, 162 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

27 124 landings
UA 2%
09 89 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 27 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 124 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
13.4
flights/day · 403 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–8pm local, averaging 13.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (11.8 vs 14.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 344 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 127.200
APCH 132.150
APCH 282.325
APCH 284.600
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 124.150
OTHER 126.600
CD/P 126.600
CLASS C 282.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 00:38 UTC