Airports / Illinois / GBG
Galesburg Municipal Airport
KGBG / GBGGalesburg, IllinoisELEV 764 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#1 / 42
Illinois airports by Google rating
5.0★ across 23 Google ratings — ranked against 42 rated IL fields.
31 nm
To the nearest alternate
Quad City International Airport (MLI) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Galesburg Municipal Airport, listed as KGBG / GBG, is a general aviation field in Galesburg, Illinois. Field elevation is 764 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
For charter flyers, GBG is a home base: Jet Air Inc. operates from the field. The closest alternate fields are Quad City International Airport (MLI, 31 nm), Southeast Iowa Regional Airport (BRL, 33 nm), and General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA, 37 nm).
Trip costs from GBG are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from GBG to plan your flight.
What fliers highlight
Terminal & facilities
2/5 reviews“We stopped for fuel on the way back from Osh23 and the price was nice, staff was friendly and bathrooms were clean!”
Ryan Kuse5★ on Google
Staff & service
2/5 reviews“We stopped for fuel on the way back from Osh23 and the price was nice, staff was friendly and bathrooms were clean!”
Ryan Kuse5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Galesburg Municipal Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KGBG
IATA
GBG
FAA / Local
GBG
Elevation
764 ft
Coordinates
40.9380° N · 90.4311° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs IL fields
state range 321–871 ft
At 764 ft, GBG sits higher than 88% of the 42 Illinois fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 31nmMLIQuad City International AirportMoline
- 33nmBRLSoutheast Iowa Regional AirportBurlington
- 37nmPIAGeneral Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPeoria
- 69nmUINQuincy Regional Airport Baldwin FieldQuincy
- 74nmSPIAbraham Lincoln Capital AirportSpringfield
- 74nmBMICentral Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBloomington/Normal
Location
Open the full mapKGBG · Galesburg Municipal Airport · Galesburg, IL
From the ramp
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