# Montgomery County Airpark (GAI / KGAI)

**Montgomery County Airpark** (IATA: GAI, ICAO: KGAI) is a small airport in Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States. It opened on 22 Aug 1960. It has one runway, 4,202 ft (1,281 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgai

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GAI / KGAI
- FAA: GAI
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- Opened: 22 Aug 1960
- Elevation: 539 ft / 164 m
- Coordinates: 39.1683, -77.1660
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,202 ft / 1,281 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 4 departures, 1 arrival
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://montgomerycountyairpark.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_County_Airpark (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3612322
- Weather station: KGAI
- Ident: KGAI

## Timeline

- 22 Aug 1960: Montgomery County Airpark opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 4,202 ft / 1,281 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | yes |

- 14/32 slopes 1.1%: threshold 14 at 493 ft / 150 m, threshold 32 at 539 ft / 164 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,202 ft / 1,281 m | =8,980 of 29,858 | =3,433 in North America | =2,840 in US |
| Elevation | 539 ft / 164 m | #26,465 of 43,403 | #12,688 in North America | #10,597 in US |
| Age | Opened 1960 | =4,584 of 15,079 | =3,130 in North America | =3,055 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | POTOMAC APP/DEP | 128.700 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 128.275 |
| CLD | POTOMAC CLNC DEL | 121.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.075 |

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- [MD47](https://dromopedia.com/airports/md47.md) Barnes Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgai/data