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KGGI · Grinnell Regional Airport

ICAO · US · 5 NTSB events

ID KGGI FAA GGI Elev 1,008 ft Lat 41° 42.59' N Lon 92° 44.16' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,200 ft. Max gradient: 0.37%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
13 135° 5,200 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.37%
31 315° 5,200 ft 75 ft Concrete Yes 0.37%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 3 frequencies

  • A/D CHICAGO CNTR 127.050
  • FSS FORT DODGE RDO 122.350
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KGGI on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 5 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI & REIL RWYS 13 & 31. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI & REIL RWYS 13 & 31. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI & REIL RWYS 13 & 31. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT PAPI & REIL RWYS 13 & 31- CTAF

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (5 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD IF UNA TO CTC ON FSS FREQ, CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.
  • ·RWY 13 APCH SLP 35:1 TO DSPLCD THR.
  • ·RWY 31 APCH SLP 25:1 TO DSPLCD THR.
  • ·FOR FUEL AFT HRS CALL (641) 236-0188.
  • ·AIRSPACE DETERMINATION PENDING.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

5 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

6

since 1982

Fatal

1

16.7% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

0

no recent events

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 5,950 ops in 2008

2024 total

5,250

10-yr total

58,100

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=5

  • Other 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Ground collision 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2013-07-27 DEAN DAVID E KITFOX CLASSIC 4 · Weather · VMC · day →
2012-06-26 SCHWEIZER(HUGHES)AIRCRAFT CORP TH55A/269A · Ground collision · day →
2012-04-17 Hughes 269A · Other · VMC · day →
2003-06-05 Cessna 140A · Other · VMC · day →
1990-09-23 Piper PA-3O · Gear-up · day →

Designees in IA

CFI Flight Instructors 595 A&P Mechanics 1,208 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 38 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 4 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 2 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 2 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 1 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 29 ODA Organizational Designations 1 Schools Flight Schools 41 FBO Fixed Base Operators 46 Clubs Flying Clubs 13 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 3 EAA EAA Chapters 14

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Shane Vande Voort Pella IA 20 nm
Harrison Mcnaughton Ames IA 44 nm
Adam Timothy Magee Swisher IA 47 nm
Timothy Newton Waterloo IA 50 nm
Cole Robert Norton Marion IA 55 nm
Janice Wray Walton Marion IA 55 nm
Bill Joseph Clemons Truro IA 58 nm
Thomas Paul Burns Muscatine IA 77 nm
Christopher David Schrodt Charles City IA 81 nm
Chris Alan Frazier Davenport IA 96 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Ronald Dean Lowry Grinnell IA 2 nm
Brad James Iverson Grinnell IA 2 nm
Kyle Paul Reynolds Newton IA 14 nm
Paul Casey Yoon Newton IA 14 nm
Ethan Donald Nasalroad Newton IA 14 nm
Kenneth William Kirk Newton IA 14 nm
Douglas Wayne Cash Newton IA 14 nm
Ronald Jeffrey Cook Newton IA 14 nm
Sean Douglas Cook Newton IA 14 nm
John Arthur Tibben Victor IA 20 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Michael Allen Hovda Grinnell IA 2 nm
Douglas Paul Dejong Grinnell IA 2 nm
Darrell Edward White Jr Kellogg IA 8 nm
Trevor Daniel Nikkel Sully IA 9 nm
Justin Dean Karr Montezuma IA 12 nm
Laurence Edward Sanford Montezuma IA 12 nm
Chad Oliver Prior Brooklyn IA 13 nm
Douglas Wayne Cash Newton IA 14 nm
Kevin Eugene Fox Newton IA 14 nm
Charles Joseph Stanbro Newton IA 14 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
McCandless Avionics, LC
Waverly, IA
 63 nm
Spencer Avionics, Inc.
Spencer, IA
 140 nm
GreenWing Aviation & Welding Co.
Lacon, IL
 157 nm
Aero-Fix LLC
Pekin, IL
 157 nm
Klem's Aero Repair
Jacksonville, IL
 163 nm
Higginsville Avionics, LLC.
Higginsville, MO
 164 nm
Avionics Place, Inc
Rockford, IL
 166 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
 179 nm
Chapin Aircraft Repair
Rock Rapids, IA
 185 nm
West Maintenance
New Century, KS
 199 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.