Gainesville Municipal
GLE · KGLE · Gainesville, Texas · Cooke County · map
Gainesville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Gainesville, 3 miles west of Gainesville, Texas, 846 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KGLE · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGLE 062015Z AUTO 12005KT 10SM CLR 28/13 A3002 RMK AO2 T02840127
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GLE · ICAO KGLE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Gainesville
- Elevation
- 846 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,307 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 45 ft high 1,325 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 35 ft high 1,555 ft from the end
- Runway 13: trees 70 ft high 1,900 ft from the end
- Runway 31: trees 22 ft high 650 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Gle and aWOS-3PT | 118.375 | |
| Gainesville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 940-612-3549.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Gainesville from the FAA register
57 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Texas: 54 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- PRE-DATES act.
- Runway 18/36 medium-intensity runway lights preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL SELF-SERVE and full serve.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded.
- Runway has aim points.
- Also 32 feet power line, 1290 feet dstc, 445 L/R. approach slope 34:1.
- Extensive cracking.
- Helicopter skid landing prohibited on all asphalt surfaces.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.