Giddings-Lee County
GYB · KGYB · Giddings, Texas · Lee County · map
Giddings-Lee County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Giddings & Lee CO, 3 miles west of Giddings, Texas, 484 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 35 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 13,200 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KGYB · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 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 KGYB 062235Z AUTO 08008KT 10SM CLR 31/10 A2995 RMK AO2 T03130099
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 GYB · ICAO KGYB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Giddings & Lee CO
- Elevation
- 484 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 44 ft high 520 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 45 ft high 320 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.225 | |
| Gyb and aWOS-3 | 119.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 979-542-0382.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 13,200, 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 Giddings from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Giddings, Texas: 4 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 100LL and jet a 24 hour self serve.
- 5 feet fence, 0-77 feet dstc, 222 feet L.
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.