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KW05 · Gettysburg Regional Airport

ICAO · US · 4 NTSB events

ID KW05 FAA W05 Elev 590 ft Lat 39° 50.47' N Lon 77° 16.48' 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: 3,100 ft. Max gradient: 0.40%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
06 61.9° 3,100 ft 60 ft ASP Yes 0.40%
24 241.9° 3,100 ft 60 ft ASP Yes 0.40%

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 · 1 frequencies

  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KW05 on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 2 matched · 2 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 MIRL RWY 06/24. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RWY 06/24. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MIRL RWY 06/24. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT MIRL RWY 06/24 - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    DEER AND BIRDS INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (2 sentences)
  • ·FOR CD CTC POTOMAC APCH AT 866-709-4993.
  • ·RWY 24 APCH RATIO 21:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · GTY Airport website ↗

NTSB events

4 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 9,699 ops in 2022

2024 total

9,650

10-yr total

96,597

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 99% · Mil 1%

Events / million ops

10.4

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=4

  • Other 1
  • Ground collision 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2016-02-27 Cessna 150L · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2009-09-13 FLIGHT DESIGN GMBH CTSW · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2000-09-17 Aeronca 11AC-991 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1993-03-01 Cessna 182Q · Other · day →

Designees in PA

CFI Flight Instructors 1,891 A&P Mechanics 6,164 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 61 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 8 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 4 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 8 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 8 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 40 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 6 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 10 ODA Organizational Designations 3 Schools Flight Schools 70 FBO Fixed Base Operators 63 Clubs Flying Clubs 64 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 14 EAA EAA Chapters 27

DPEs nearby

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

Designee City ST Distance
Piet Edward Barber Fairfield PA 5 nm
Melissa Torres Frederick MD 25 nm
Frederick Bernard Parow New Cumber PA 29 nm
Denver Allen Gillham New Cumberland PA 30 nm
Harry William Kraemer Gaithersburg MD 42 nm
Sharif Hidayat Gaithersburg MD 42 nm
Robert Bruce Hollen Baltimore MD 45 nm
Mark Giovengo Manheim PA 45 nm
Christopher Frasse Leesburg VA 46 nm
Charles Epstein Linthicum Heights MD 47 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
Arthur Reynolds Shaw Iii Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Nathan Joseph Willis Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Brian Boyd Fitzgerald Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Jared Francesco Kaufman Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Nathan Christopher Rohrer Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Kevin Samuel Hartlaub Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Christopher Gary Dahlen Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Jason Russell Reid Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Aaron Michael Wolf Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Kellen Adam Fees Mc Knightstown PA 3 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
Richard Lee Fox Gettysburg PA 2 nm
James Frederick Miller Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Brian Boyd Fitzgerald Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Daniel Ashby Brown Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Daniel David Blouch Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Geoffrey Andrew Hillis Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Nathan Christopher Rohrer Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Gary Bernard Dahlen Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Donald Edward Doersom Jr Gettysburg PA 2 nm
Charles Edward Honer Iii Gettysburg PA 2 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
South Mountain Aviation
Hagerstown , MD
 22 nm
Aircraft and Avionics Sales, Inc.
New Cumberland, PA
 30 nm
Smart Avionics, Inc.
Marietta, PA
 36 nm
Advantage Interiors, LLC
Marietta, PA
 36 nm
Capital Wings Services
Gaithersburg, MD
 41 nm
Sensenich Propeller Service, Inc.
Lititz, PA
 48 nm
Lancaster Avionics, Inc
Lititz, PA
 48 nm
Roberto Aircraft Interiors
Smoketown, PA
 51 nm
3 in the Green
Selinsgrove, PA
 62 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Washington, DC
Manassas, VA
 64 nm

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