Georgetown Executive
GTU · KGTU · Georgetown, Texas · Williamson County · map
Georgetown Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Georgetown, 3 miles north of Georgetown, Texas, 790 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 327 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 140,455 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGTU · observed 5:55 pm CDT (22:55 UTC), 37 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 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 KGTU 062255Z 03006KT 10SM CLR 32/09 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP138 T03170094
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 GTU · ICAO KGTU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Georgetown
- Elevation
- 790 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,004 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 4,099 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 35 ft high 445 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 34 ft high 1,170 ft from the end
- Runway 11: tree 35 ft high 390 ft from the end
- Runway 29: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 30 ft high 210 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.225 | Georgetown |
| UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.6 | Georgetown |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 119.125 | Georgetown |
| Clearance delivery When gtu tower closed | 121.1 | Georgetown |
| Departure procedure (AEROZ) · Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BNDIA) 8,000-12,000 feet | 119.0 | Georgetown |
| Szagi and star SFC-7000 feet | 118.15 | Georgetown |
| Potrr and star | 127.225 | Georgetown |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 512-869-3430.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 140,455, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Georgetown from the FAA register
236 aircraft are registered to owners in Georgetown, Texas: 194 piston singles, 13 helicopters, 11 piston twins, 9 turboprops, 7 business jets. 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 · 17 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
- Military field prior to 1940.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Aft tower hours, medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lightss runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- 8 feet fence 199 feet dstc, 246 feet L.
- Military helicopter operations prohibited between 9:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Ptn of taxiway F not visible from tower.
- Runway 18/36 helicopter skid landing prohibited to prevent dmg to grooved surface.
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.