# Gainesville Municipal Airport (GLE / KGLE)

**Gainesville Municipal Airport** (IATA: GLE, ICAO: KGLE) is a small airport in Gainesville, Texas, United States. It opened in Jul 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,000 ft (1,829 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GLE / KGLE
- FAA: GLE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Gainesville, Texas, United States
- Opened: Jul 1943
- Elevation: 846 ft / 258 m
- Coordinates: 33.6514, -97.1970
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.gainesville.tx.us/index.aspx?nid=99
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainesville_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274280
- Weather station: KGLE
- Ident: KGLE

## Timeline

- Jul 1943: Gainesville Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 181° / 001° | yes |
| 13/31 | 4,307 ft / 1,313 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 133° / 313° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06113AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =1,036 in US |
| Elevation | 846 ft / 258 m | =20,526 of 43,403 | =9,494 in North America | =7,758 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.375 |
| CNTR | FORT WORTH CNTR | 124.750 |
| 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/kgle/data