Gainesville Regional
GNV · KGNV · Gainesville, Florida · Alachua County · map
Gainesville Regional is a public-use airport owned by Gainesville-Alachua CO Auth, 3 miles northeast of Gainesville, Florida, 151 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 7,504 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A) and about 173 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 74,060 takeoffs and landings a year. About 291,522 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGNV · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, a broken layer at 12,000 feet and more above VFR
- From Sun 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGNV 111853Z VRB06G15KT 10SM CLR 27/18 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02720178
TAF KGNV 111720Z 1118/1218 27010KT P6SM SCT050 BKN120 BKN200 FM112300 26005KT P6SM FEW050 FM121400 32010KT P6SM SKC
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- B738 at 37,000 ft, 52 nm east, 2:10 pm EDT (18:10 UTC): light chop turbulence.
- E55P at 20,000 ft, 56 nm southwest, 1:35 pm EDT (17:35 UTC): light rime icing, -10 °C.
- UAL2481 at 31,000 ft, 63 nm northwest, 3:07 pm EDT (19:07 UTC): light chop turbulence, wind 218° at 60 knots.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (JAX, 57 nm northeast), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 270° at 22 kt; 6,000 ft: 240° at 33 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 240° at 32 kt, 15 °C; 12,000 ft: 250° at 33 kt, 8 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 39 kt, -5 °C.
2 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8792 Lake City, FL, Sunday, October 11, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 37 nm northwest · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · today
- 6/8389 Jacksonville, FL, Thursday, October 15, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 40 nm northeast · air shows/sports · starts Thursday 15 October
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA GNV · ICAO KGNV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gainesville-Alachua CO Auth
- Elevation
- 151 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:45 am to 10:30 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 7,504 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 4,158 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 81 ft high 2,783 ft from the end
- Runway 29: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 68 ft high 3,535 ft from the end
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 70 ft high 2,006 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 34 ft high 1,389 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.55 | Gainesville |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Gnv and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.15 | Gainesville |
| Ground | 121.7 | Gainesville |
| Approach and departure 10000 feet and below | 118.175 | Gainesville |
| Gators and rco | 122.2 | Gators |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 352-335-8672.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 98 |
| multi-engine | 18 |
| jets | 51 |
| helicopters | 6 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 74,060, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 6,337 |
| air taxi and commuter | 5,027 |
| general aviation, travelling | 42,046 |
| general aviation, local | 16,445 |
| military | 4,205 |
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.
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
155 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Florida: 96 piston singles, 30 business jets, 13 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 5 gliders. 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 Florida.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Keystone Heights Airport (15 nm northeast), Williston Regional (23 nm southwest), Palatka Muni/Lt Kay Larkin Field (30 nm east).
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 Florida · avgas.
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):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Gainesville, by their names on the register:
- Blue Skies Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft Blue Skies Flight Training is a Part 61 flight school operating out of Williston Regional Airport near Gainesville, Florida.
- Gville Flyers I LLC 1 aircraft Gville Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida.
Charter operators and airlines based in Gainesville:
- Gulf Atlantic Airways, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Gainesville:
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
7 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, 7 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor; 7 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 8 aviation medical examiners, 3 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners, 6 administrative pilot examiners.
- Joshua Travis Donahue private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gainesville, FL (0 nm) · (860) 514-6061 · usndonahue@gmail.com
- Idalo Carlo Masi private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Citra, FL (19 nm) · (570) 885-0566 · masi2x2@aol.com
- Bruce Lyndon Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Palatka Municipal Airport · Palatka, FL (30 nm) · (904) 315-1605 · blm.hdfs@att.net
- Alexis Nicole Waechter private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ocala, FL (31 nm) · (352) 342-2093 · alexisnicolewaechter@gmail.com
- Colby Vine private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Epic Aviation · Ocala, FL (31 nm) · (352) 362-6091 · colby.vine80@gmail.com
- Jordan McGowan private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ocala, FL (31 nm) · (352) 229-4043 · jmcgowan82@gmail.com
- Jack Caldwell Lawrence private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AviAir LLC · Saint Augustine, FL (49 nm) · (904) 826-1735 · jay@aug.com
All 28 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 37 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway 7/25 not available for schedule air carrier operations with more than 9 passenger seats or unscheduled air carrier at least 31 passenger seats.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25; high-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- GAINESVILLE-ALACHUA county regional airport authority
- Runway 07/25 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Standard grooving full length and 130 feet wide center portion.
- Portions of runway 07/25 and northeast 1000 feet of taxiway a not vsb from the control tower; blocked by vortac building.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- General aviation ramp lmtd to aircraft 110,000 LB or below; others prior permission required.
- Banner towing NA except 72 hour prior permission required - amgr.
- Airport surface condition not mntd btw 2330 - 0400 daily.
- Runway 11-29 markings on west end are not standard due to markings not fully removed/ghosting.
- Taxiway B lmtd to 75,000 LB or below; others prior permission required
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gainesville 155 aircraft · 96 piston singles, 30 business jets, 13 piston twins
- Gulf Atlantic Airways INC 14 aircraft in town
- Gainesville Aircraft Sales INC 10 aircraft in town
- Altair Aircraft LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Bravo Xray LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Mustang Hangar LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Gulf Atlantic Airways, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Blue Skies Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Gville Flyers I LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Consortia Aerospace Group INC · repair station
- Naylor'S Instrument Service INC · repair station
- University Air Center · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 37 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 990 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,724 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GNV.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 9, 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.