Terminal Procedures

KGAI — Montgomery County Airpark

GAITHERSBURG, MD · 11 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

FAA GAIElevation 538 ft1 runwayLongest 4,202 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgas, Jet AVolume NE-3Not for navigation

2 published instrument approaches: 2 RNAV (GPS).

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Instrument approach procedures

ChartAmendment
RNAV (GPS) RWY 14 chart previewRNAV (GPS) RWY 143CPDF
RNAV (GPS)-A chart previewRNAV (GPS)-A0DPDF

Departure procedures

ChartAmendment
CONLE FIVE (RNAV) chart previewCONLE FIVE (RNAV)PDF
FOXHL ONE (RNAV) chart previewFOXHL ONE (RNAV)PDF
LINSE TWO (RNAV) chart previewLINSE TWO (RNAV)PDF
TERPZ EIGHT (RNAV) chart previewTERPZ EIGHT (RNAV)PDF
TERPZ EIGHT (RNAV), CONT.1 chart previewTERPZ EIGHT (RNAV), CONT.1PDF

Arrival procedures (STAR)

ChartAmendment
TRSTN FOUR (RNAV) chart previewTRSTN FOUR (RNAV)PDF
TRSTN FOUR (RNAV), CONT.1 chart previewTRSTN FOUR (RNAV), CONT.1PDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

ChartAmendment
TAKEOFF MINIMUMS chart previewTAKEOFF MINIMUMSPDF
ALTERNATE MINIMUMS chart previewALTERNATE MINIMUMSPDF

Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.

KGAI airport information

Control tower
No
ARTCC
Washington Center
Flight service
Leesburg
NOTAM facility
DCA (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation
9W
Beacon
White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator
Yes
Segmented circle
Yes
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Airframe service
Minor
Powerplant service
Major
Bottled oxygen
Low
Parking
Tie-downs
Customs
Landing rights airport
Activated
August 1960
Airport area
125 acres
Ownership
Publicly owned
Sectional
Washington
Last FAA inspection
2026-05-06

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

KGAI radio frequencies

ServiceFrequencyCall sign
CTAF123.075
Clearance delivery121.6Potomac
Approach128.7Potomac

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

4,202 × 75 ft1432N1,000 ft
Runway layout at KGAI, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.
RunwayLengthWidth SurfaceLighting
14/324,202 ft75 ftAsphalt GoodMedium intensity
  14 127°TPAPI (4-box) 3°
  32 307°TPAPI (4-box) 3.25° · right-hand circuit

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where KGAI is

Latitude, longitude39.1683330, -77.1660000
Elevation538 ft
From Gaithersburg3 nm NE

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FAA remarks for KGAI

  • THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.
  • NOISE ABATEMENT DEP RWY 32; TURN RIGHT TO AT LEAST 340 DEGS; JETS REFRAIN FROM RWY 32 TAKEOFF BTWN 2300-0700.
  • ACTVT REIL RWY 14 & 32; MIRL RWY 14/32 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 14 & 32 OPR CONSLY.
  • 1000 FT AGL (1539 FT MSL) TURBINE AND JET 1500 FT AGL (2039 FT MSL) HELICOPTERS 800 FT AGL (1339 FT MSL).
  • UNATNDD CHRISTMAS DAY. FOR AFT HRS SVC CALL 301-963-8043.
  • EXT. 1011
  • RWY 14, 47 FT TREES, 169 FT R, 195 FT FM THR.
  • RWY 32 HAS +15 FT RIDGE PARALLEL TO RWY 155 FT L; +6FT FENCE PARALLEL TO RWY 180 FT R.
  • DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.
  • HELICOPTERS REFRAIN FM AIR TAXI OVER PAVED PARKING RAMPS.
  • RWY 14 HAS 30 FT DOWNSLOPE 75 FT L/R OF CNTRLN AT THR TO 150 FT BOTH SIDES.
  • ARPT NOT RECOMMENDED FOR ACFT WITH WINGSPAN IN EXCESS OF 79 FT & GROSS WT IN EXCESS OF 48000 POUNDS.
  • SOUTH RAMP NOT RECOMMENDED FOR AIRCRAFT WITH WINGSPAN GREATER THAN 79 FT OR WEIGHT GREATER THAN 40000 LBS.
  • BE ALERT SFRA PROCEDURES IN EFFECT.
  • PREFERRED CALM WIND RWY 14.
  • FOR CD CTC POTOMAC APCH AT 866-429-5882.
  • RWY 32 PAPI BAFFLED BYD 5 DEG L OF CRS DUE TO BLDG.

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Instrument procedure coverage

Montgomery County Airpark’s procedure set is weighted towards departures: five departure procedures accompany just two instrument approaches. Both approaches are RNAV (GPS) procedures and serve only one end of runway 14/32, leaving the opposite end without a published instrument approach. The single 4,202 ft runway also offers no alternative alignment, making its available length the central runway-performance constraint.

Local chart context

Frederick Municipal has slightly broader chart coverage, while Leesburg Executive and Washington Dulles International have substantially larger sets. Davis and College Park are much more thinly covered. For visual planning, the Washington Sectional supplies regional context, the Baltimore-Washington Terminal Area Chart adds closer terminal-area detail, and the Balt-Wash Helicopter Route Chart shows the published helicopter-route framework around Gaithersburg.

Airports near KGAI

IDAirportCity DistanceCharts
W50DavisLAYTONSVILLE, MD5 nm N2
KCGSCollege ParkCOLLEGE PARK, MD16 nm SE4
KFDKFrederick MuniFREDERICK, MD18 nm NW15
KJYOLeesburg ExecLEESBURG, VA19 nm W23
KIADWashington Dulles IntlWASHINGTON, DC19 nm SW59
2W2Clearview AirparkWESTMINSTER, MD19 nm N5
KFMEFort Meade ExecFORT MEADE (ODENTON), MD20 nm E4
KDCARonald Reagan Washington NtlWASHINGTON, DC20 nm S48

VFR charts covering KGAI

Common questions about KGAI

What charts are available for KGAI?

11 current FAA charts for Montgomery County Airpark, including 2 instrument approachs, 5 departure procedures, 2 arrival procedures. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for KGAI?

CTAF 123.075; Clearance delivery 121.6. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at KGAI?

Montgomery County Airpark has 1 runway. The longest is 14/32 at 4,202 ft by 75 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does KGAI have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total KGAI has 2 published instrument approaches, of which 2 are RNAV (GPS).

Which runway do instrument approaches serve at KGAI?

Every published approach serves one runway end. There is no instrument procedure to the reciprocal direction, so an arrival in instrument conditions commits to that single approach direction regardless of the wind.

Is KGAI a towered airport?

No — Montgomery County Airpark has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these KGAI charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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