Galesburg Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 40°56′17″N 090°25′52″W / 40.93806, -90.43111

Galesburg Municipal Airport
IATA: GBG – ICAO: KGBG – FAA: GBG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Galesburg
Serves		Galesburg, Illinois
Elevation AMSL		764 ft / 233 m
Website		ci.galesburg.il.us/airport/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
3/21	5,793	1,766	Asphalt
10/28	3,601	1,098	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			14,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Galesburg Municipal Airport (IATA: GBG, ICAO: KGBG, FAA LID: GBG) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Galesburg, a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States..^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Galesburg Municipal Airport covers an area of 623 acres (252 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,793 x 150 ft. (1,766 x 46 m) and 10/28 measuring 3,601 x 100 ft. (1,098 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 14,000 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 79% general aviation, 18% air taxi and 3% military.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for GBG (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20

[edit] External links

• Galesburg Municipal Airport at City of Galesburg web site
• Satellite photo at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KGBG
  • ASN accident history for GBG
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KGBG