Lee Gilmer Memorial
GVL · KGVL · Gainesville, Georgia · Hall County · map
Lee Gilmer Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Gainesville in Gainesville, Georgia, 1,277 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,496 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 166 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 55,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 113 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGVL · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KGVL 062155Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 23/13 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02330128 FZRANO $
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 GVL · ICAO KGVL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Gainesville
- Elevation
- 1,277 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,496 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 4,003 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 5,370 ft available for landing, trees 23 ft high 269 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 396 ft, 5,100 ft available for landing, trees 15 ft high 279 ft from the end
- Runway 11: threshold displaced 120 ft, 3,770 ft available for landing, trees 42 ft high 242 ft from the end
- Runway 29: threshold displaced 111 ft, 3,770 ft available for landing, trees 42 ft high 494 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure 6:15 am to 10:00 pm | 132.475 | |
| Gvl and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.475 | |
| Athens and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 127.5 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 770-771-5055.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 55,000, 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 Gainesville from the FAA register
131 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Georgia: 94 piston singles, 11 business jets, 9 piston twins, 4 turboprops, 4 helicopters. 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 Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 9 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
- Dusk to dawn. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service fuel with credit card.
- Building 360 feet left 0 feet - 80 feet from eor.
- Approach 32:1 to displaced thld.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of all runways.
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.