Facilities and Aircraft
An untowered airport, Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is a popular general aviation airport that covers an area of 292 acres (118 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 5,500 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) and 11/29 measuring 4,001 x 100 ft (1,220 x 30 m). There is a grass runway adjacent to runway 29. Owned and managed by the City of Gainesville, Georgia, it is further served by Champion Aviation (fixed based operator), AB Aviation (maintenance and repair) and Lanier Flight Center (flight school, aircraft charter and aircraft rental). Chevron and Shell full service and self-service Jet A and 100LL are available.
For the 12-month period ending March 7, 2007, the airport had 38,800 aircraft operations, an average of 106 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. There are 172 aircraft based at this airport:78% single-engine, 18% multi-engine, 2% jet, 2% helicopter and 1% glider.
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