KGVL Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KGVL
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1276.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 34-16-21.4550N 083-49-48.8140W
- Lat / Long
- 34.2726264, -83.8302261
- Mag. variation
- 03W (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- GVL (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- DAYLIGHT HOURS
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT MALSR RWY 05; HIRL RWY 05/23 - CTAF.
Airport diagram
Range from KGVL
Runways
Longest 5,496 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5496 x 100 ft. / 1675 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 45.0
Runway 5
- Heading
- 044 magnetic, 041 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:5496 TODA:5496 ASDA:5370 LDA:5370
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1274.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 23 ft. trees, 269 ft. from runway, 493 ft. left of centerline, 3:1 slope to clear
Runway 23
- Heading
- 224 magnetic, 221 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5496 TODA:5496 ASDA:5496 LDA:5100
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 396 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1237.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 ft. trees, 279 ft. from runway, 479 ft. left of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 4003 x 100 ft. / 1220 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in fair condition
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 20.0
Runway 11
- Heading
- 111 magnetic, 108 true
- Declared distances
- TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:3881 LDA:3770
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 120 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1272.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 42 ft. trees, 242 ft. from runway, 111 ft. left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear
Runway 29
- Heading
- 291 magnetic, 288 true
- Declared distances
- TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:3890 LDA:3770
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 111 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1259.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 42 ft. trees, 494 ft. from runway, 149 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.075
- Wx Asos
- 126.475 (770-771-5055)
- Atlanta Approach
- 132.475 ;0615-2200
- Atlanta Departure
- 132.475 ;0615-2200
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:24 HOUR SELF SERVICE FUEL WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+ 100LL:24 HOUR SELF SERVICE FUEL WITH CREDIT CARD.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH
Ownership
- Manager
- LISA POOLE PO BOX 2496 GAINESVILLE, GA 30503-2496 Phone 770-535-6882
- Manager phone
- 770-535-6882
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.