Auburn/Dekalb Executive
GWB · KGWB · Auburn, Indiana · De Kalb County · map
Auburn/Dekalb Executive is a public-use airport owned by De Kalb County Airport Authority, 3 miles south of Auburn, Indiana, 880 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 7,106 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KGWB · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 2 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KGWB 062155Z AUTO VRB02KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A3000 RMK AO2
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 GWB · ICAO KGWB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- De Kalb County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 880 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 7,106 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 700 ft, 6,406 ft available for landing
- Runway 27: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 750 ft, 6,356 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 126.6 | |
| Approach and departure Southwest/northwest of active runway | 127.2 | |
| Approach and departure Southeast/northeast of active runway | 132.15 | |
| Gwb and aWOS-3P | 124.15 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 260-925-8225.
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 Auburn from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Auburn, Indiana: 13 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 4 business jets, 2 piston twins, 1 drone. 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 Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset low intst sunset to sunrise; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 27; runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 09 and 27 operators continuously.
- Runway 27 calm wind runway.
- Winter SN removal operations. Ficon unmnt when unatndd; aft hour - amgr.
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.