Great Barrington Airport
GBR · KGBR · Great Barrington, Massachusetts · Berkshire County · map
Great Barrington Airport is a public-use airport owned by Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC, 2 miles west of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 739 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,579 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Great Barrington Airport?
Its FAA code is GBR, and its ICAO code is KGBR.
Where is Great Barrington Airport?
It is 2 miles west of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 739 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Great Barrington Airport?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,579 feet long, asphalt.
Does Great Barrington Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Great Barrington Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where can you fly nonstop from Great Barrington Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Republic. Every route
Are there flight schools at Great Barrington Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Great Barrington Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 12 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 Great Barrington Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GBR · ICAO KGBR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC
- Elevation
- 739 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,579 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: threshold displaced 170 ft, trees 30 ft high 425 ft from the end
- Runway 29: threshold displaced 75 ft, trees 57 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.825 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Columbia County (15 nm northwest), Pittsfield Municipal (15 nm north), Kingston-Ulster Airport (28 nm southwest), South Albany Airport (30 nm northwest).
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 Massachusetts · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Filed for record purposes only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 11; low-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - 121.6.
- Avcard not acptd.
- +15 feet road in prim surface area.
- Lighted threshold relctd 170 feet; 2409 feet of runway usable for night operations.
- Approach ratio 19:1 to dthr.
- Tgls NA.
- Practice VFR GPS runway 11 NA when runway 29 is in use for student traffic.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -19C.
- Compass rose adzy only, not crtfyd.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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 GBR in those twelve months, carrying 3 passengers in 8 seats (38% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Barrington → Republic GBR–FRG | 1 | 3 | Tradewind Aviation |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Great Barrington from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Great Barrington, Massachusetts: 18 piston singles. 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 Massachusetts.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC 5 aircraft · Great Barrington Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC operates Great Barrington Airport in Massachusetts and has provided flight instruction, aircraft maintenance, and scenic flights since 1944.
Charter operators and airlines based in Great Barrington:
- Berkshire Aviation Holdings, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Great Barrington:
- Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC. Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC operates Great Barrington Airport (KGBR) in Massachusetts since 1944.
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 12 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners.
- Stewart Douglas Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · columbia county airport / 1B1 · Ghent, NY (14 nm) · (413) 281-6788 · [email protected]
- Brad Joesph Sulik private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · South Albany Airport · Selkirk, NY (28 nm) · (917) 803-2534 · [email protected]
- Richard MacIsaac private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Northampton, MA (36 nm) · (413) 313-9289 · [email protected]
- Robert Joseph Nardiello private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Interstate Aviation · Plainville, CT (38 nm) · (860) 416-2726 · [email protected]
- Andrew Everett Defeo private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Altamont, NY (42 nm) · (518) 330-0746 · [email protected]
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (44 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · [email protected]
All 30 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 21 since 1982, 4 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 Great Barrington 18 aircraft · 18 piston singles
- Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Berkshire Aviation Holdings, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Berkshire Aviation Enterprises LLC. · repair station
- Republic (FRG) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 21 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Massachusetts 987 since 1982 · 91 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Massachusetts 38 landing places
- Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GBR.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 23, 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.