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KGKT Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport
Sevierville, Tennessee, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: GKT
Lat/Long: 35-51-27.9320N / 083-31-43.3370W
35-51.465533N / 083-31.722283W
35.8577589 / -83.5287047
(estimated)
Elevation: 1014 ft. / 309.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (1985)
From city: 2 miles SE of SEVIERVILLE, TN
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 37862

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1964
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: NASHVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BNA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAYLIGHT HOURS
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 10/28 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCREASE INTST ACTVT - CTAF. PAPI RYS 10 & 28 OPER CONT.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3: 126.875 (865-429-5401)
KNOXVILLE APPROACH: 132.8
KNOXVILLE DEPARTURE: 132.8
WX AWOS-3 at DKX (18 nm W): 125.375 (865-579-6151)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
VXVr102/18.0VOLUNTEER VORTAC116.4003W
SOTr284/23.5SNOWBIRD VORTAC108.8004W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
JEFFERSON194/15.434604WJXT .--- -..- -
DULANEY246/35.226304WDYQ -.. -.-- --.-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 5506 x 75 ft. / 1678 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 40.0
Double wheel: 54.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Latitude: 35-51.534893N35-51.396105N
Longitude: 083-32.273000W083-31.171417W
Elevation: 1013.8 ft.1006.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 102 magnetic, 099 true282 magnetic, 279 true
Displaced threshold: no339 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)4-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 48 ft. trees, 1176 ft. from runway, 4 ft. right of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear113 ft. hill, 200 ft. from runway, 272 ft. both sides of centerline
STEEP RISE IN GND 50 FT FM THLD EAST END OF PAVEMENT.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: SEVIER COUNTY
COURT HOUSE
SEVIERVILLE, TN 37862
Phone 865-453-6136
Manager: DON BAKER
1255 AIRPORT RD
SEVIERVILLE, TN 37862
Phone 865-453-8393

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 102
Single engine airplanes: 79
Multi engine airplanes: 14
Jet airplanes: 7
Helicopters: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 194/day *
70% transient general aviation
22% local general aviation
7% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 30 April 2008

Additional Remarks

DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.
RY 10 PAEW NW SIDE.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 10   download (346KB)
VOR/DME RWY 10   download (269KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (27KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KDKX - Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (18 nm W)
KMOR - Moore-Murrell Airport (21 nm N)
KTYS - Mc Ghee Tyson Airport (23 nm W)
1A5 - Macon County Airport (38 nm S)
KGCY - Greeneville-Greene County Municipal Airport (40 nm NE)
 
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Aerial photo of KGKT (Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport)
Photo by Antonio Gemma Moré
Photo taken 02-Nov-2008
from 7000 ft

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 10-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3911:39
Sunrise07:0612:06
Sunset17:3022:30
Evening civil twilight17:5722:57

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  10-Nov-2009 05:32:35
Local (UTC-5)  10-Nov-2009 00:32:35
 
METAR
KTYS 
22nm W 
100453Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP248 T01220072 401830056
KOQT 
36nm W 
100453Z AUTO 00000KT CLR 12/08 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP253 T01170083 401830056 TSNO
K1A5 
38nm S 
100500Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC085 09/07 A3033 RMK AO2 T00940070
KRHP 
43nm S 
100502Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 OVC090 12/08 A3030 RMK AO2
TAF
KTYS 
22nm W 
092330Z 1000/1024 VRB03KT P6SM SCT120 BKN200 FM101000 04007KT P6SM VCSH BKN090 FM101400 04010KT 6SM -RA BR BKN040 OVC060 FM101900 03015KT 4SM -SHRA BR SCT025 OVC035
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KGKT have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
RAMADA PIGEON FORGE - MUSIC ROAD AREA 4.0 52-147
BEST WESTERN GREENBRIER INN 2.2 49-127
PARK VISTA HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER 10.5 92-119
SIDNEY JAMES MOUNTAIN LODGE 10.6 94-146
GREEN VALLEY MOTEL 5.7 49-101
COMFORT INN & SUITES AT DOLLYWOOD LANE 5.4 70-130
SUPER 8 PIGEON FORGE 4.7 46-86
RIVER TERRACE RESORT 10.0 86-149
DAYS INN SEVIERVILLE APPLE VALLEY 3.3 37-84
SLEEP INN SEVIERVILLE 2.4 85-125
MICROTEL INN GATLINBURG 10.2 39-94
ECONO LODGE PIGEON FORGE 4.7 40-95
 

Other hotels near Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport

Miles Price ($)
RIVER VIEW INN 2.2 79-104
GOVERNORS INN 2.5 59-119
THE RESORT 2.6 90-200
FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES BY MARRIOTT PIGEON FORGE 3.0 84-124
HAMPTON INN SEVIERVILLE TN 3.0 98-154
ECONO LODGE SEVIERVILLE 3.0 50-70
WILD FLOWER MOUNTAIN 3.2 
COMFORT INN APPLE VALLEY 3.3 99-154
QUALITY INN & SUITES RIVER SUITES 3.3 70-100

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport

18 in Sevierville
1 in Sevieville
46 in Pigeon Forge
10 in Kodak
42 in Gatlinburg
4 in Dandridge
3 in Townsend
 

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