# Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport (GBG / KGBG)

**Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport** (IATA: GBG, ICAO: KGBG) is a small airport in Galesburg, Illinois, United States. It opened in Feb 1957. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,792 ft (1,765 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GBG / KGBG
- FAA: GBG
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Galesburg, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Feb 1957
- Elevation: 764 ft / 233 m
- Coordinates: 40.9380, -90.4311
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,792 ft / 1,765 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://ci.galesburg.il.us/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galesburg_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274307
- Weather station: KGBG
- Ident: KGBG

## Timeline

- Feb 1957: Galesburg Regional HW Timmons Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 5,792 ft / 1,765 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 028° / 208° | yes |
| 10/28 | 3,600 ft / 1,097 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 101° / 281° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,792 ft / 1,765 m | =5,037 of 29,858 | =1,500 in North America | =1,178 in US |
| Elevation | 764 ft / 233 m | #22,101 of 43,403 | #10,442 in North America | #8,605 in US |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =2,902 in North America | =2,831 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | QUAD CITY APP/DEP | 118.200 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 109.800 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 120.700 |
| RDO | KANKAKEE RDO | 109.800 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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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/kgbg/data