# De Kalb County Airport (KGWB)

**De Kalb County Airport** (ICAO: KGWB) is a small airport in Auburn, Indiana, United States. It opened in Oct 1964. It has one runway, 7,106 ft (2,166 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KGWB
- FAA: GWB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Auburn, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Oct 1964
- Elevation: 880 ft / 268 m
- Coordinates: 41.3072, -85.0644
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,106 ft / 2,166 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Website: http://www.dekalbcountyairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeKalb_County_Airport_(Indiana) (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17513537
- Weather station: KGWB
- Ident: KGWB

## Timeline

- Oct 1964: De Kalb County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 7,106 ft / 2,166 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,106 ft / 2,166 m | #3,390 of 29,858 | #770 in North America | #578 in US |
| Elevation | 880 ft / 268 m | #19,862 of 43,403 | #9,097 in North America | #7,409 in US |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =3,671 in North America | =3,589 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 | FORT WAYNE APP/DEP | 127.200 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 124.150 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 126.600 |
| 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/kgwb/data