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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 55,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 113 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Lee Gilmer Memorial?
Its FAA code is GVL, and its ICAO code is KGVL.
Where is Lee Gilmer Memorial?
It is in Gainesville, Georgia, 1,277 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lee Gilmer Memorial?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 5,496 feet long.
Does Lee Gilmer Memorial have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lee Gilmer Memorial?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lee Gilmer Memorial?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Toronto. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lee Gilmer Memorial?
10 pilot examiners and 28 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Lee Gilmer Memorial…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Jackson County (15 nm southeast), Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field (19 nm south), Barrow County (19 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from GVL in those twelve months, carrying 3 passengers in 10 seats (30% filled), to 1 destination (1 abroad) on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Gilmer Memorial → Toronto GVL–YYZ | 1 | 3 | Chartright Air Inc. |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 134 |
| multi-engine | 20 |
| jets | 9 |
| helicopters | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 55,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 26,500 |
| general aviation, local | 28,000 |
| military | 500 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gainesville from the FAA register
133 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Georgia: 96 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Gainesville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Charter operators and airlines based in Gainesville:
- Lanier Flight Express LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate Lanier Flight Express LLC operates charter flights, aircraft maintenance, and flight training from Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville, Georgia.
Repair stations in Gainesville:
- Blue Ridge Helicopters Blue Ridge Helicopters is based in Gainesville, Georgia at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport.
- Sensenich Propeller Service INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 28 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 49 training center evaluators, 135 aircrew program designees, 6 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Cole Carter Daum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Lanier Flight Center · Gainsville, GA (3 nm) · (678) 997-4959 · [email protected]
- Ronald Edward Cox private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Dragonfly Aviation · Winder, GA (19 nm) · (706) 296-7475 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Melberg Chapman private pilot (proficiency) · HEX Tate Hangar · Tate, GA (28 nm) · (541) 944-1218 · [email protected]
- Stanley Paul Smith type ratings, private pilot (proficiency) · Helicopter Express · Tate, GA (28 nm) · (208) 989-2912 · [email protected]
- Bruce Edward Allen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allen Air Services · Jasper, GA (33 nm) · (770) 375-9049 · [email protected]
- Joseph Charles Gravalec private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Blairsville Municipal Airport FBO · Blairsville, GA (36 nm) · (404) 259-6696 · [email protected]
- James Karlovich private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · KRYY McCollum Airport · Kennesaw, GA (40 nm) · (770) 262-3325 · [email protected]
- Brendon Leon Browne private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Covington FBO · Covington, GA (42 nm) · (678) 860-2390 · [email protected]
All 253 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gainesville 133 aircraft · 96 piston singles, 11 business jets, 9 piston twins
- Lanier Equipment Leasing LLC 19 aircraft in town
- Mojo Flight Group LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Sec Aviation Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Prosperous Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Champion Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Hangar Cc5 LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Lanier Flight Express LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Blue Ridge Helicopters · repair station
- Sensenich Propeller Service INC · repair station
- Toronto (YYZ) 1 flights in twelve months · Chartright Air Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 since 1982 · 9 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,797 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GVL.json.
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 26, 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.