Gardner Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)
Gardner Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Gardner | ||||||||||
| Location | Templeton, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 954 ft / 291 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°33′00″N 72°00′58″W / 42.55000°N 72.01611°W | ||||||||||
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 Interactive map of Gardner Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Gardner Municipal Airport (IATA: GDM, ICAO: KGDM, FAA LID: GDM)[2] is a public airport located 2 nmi (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Gardner, a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is owned by the City of Gardner, and is located in the town of Templeton.[1]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Gardner Municipal Airport covers an area of 80 acres (32 ha) which contains one asphalt runway (18/36) measuring 3,000 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending April 13, 2023, the airport had 4,420 aircraft operations, an average of 85 per week: 98% general aviation, 2% military and <1% air taxi. There was at that time 9 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine.[1]
As of 2025, Lifeflight air ambulance has designated the Gardner Municipal Airport as their new primary landing zone due to a shortage of critical care beds in the region. Traffic has been steadily increasing to two to three flights per day. [3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for GDM PDF, effective 2023-09-07
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KGDM - Gardner, Massachusetts
- ^ Meindersma, Sandy. "Lifeflight landing zone moves to Gardner Municipal Airport: Here's why it left MWCC". The Gardner News. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
External links
[edit]- FAA Terminal Procedures for GDM, effective April 16, 2026
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GDM
- AirNav airport information for GDM
- ASN accident history for GDM
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for GDM