# Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport (GFL / KGFL)

**Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport** (IATA: GFL, ICAO: KGFL) is a medium airport in Glens Falls, New York, United States. It opened in Nov 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GFL / KGFL
- FAA: GFL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Glens Falls, New York, United States
- Opened: Nov 1942
- Elevation: 328 ft / 100 m
- Coordinates: 43.3412, -73.6103
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.warrencountydpw.com/airport_07/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Bennett_Memorial_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5462388
- Weather station: KGFL · WMO 72522
- Ident: KGFL

## Timeline

- Nov 1942: Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 358° / 178° | yes |
| 12/30 | 3,999 ft / 1,219 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 110° / 290° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00673AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 328 ft / 100 m | =30,615 of 43,403 | =14,207 in North America | =11,964 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ALBANY APP/DEP | 125.000 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 119.250 |
| RDO | BURLINGTON RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [RUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krut.md) Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport · 36 mi / 57 km
- [SCH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksch.md) Schenectady County Airport · 37 mi / 60 km
- [ALB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalb.md) Albany International Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [LEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kleb.md) Lebanon Municipal Airport · 68 mi / 110 km
- [EEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keen.md) Dillant Hopkins Airport · 74 mi / 119 km
- [SLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslk.md) Adirondack Regional Airport · 78 mi / 126 km

## 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/kgfl/data