Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport

Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (IATA: GVL, ICAO: KGVL, FAA LID: GVL) is a city-owned public-use airport located in Gainesville, a city in Hall County, Georgia, United States.

At this time a request by the City of Gainesville was placed with the Civil Aeronautics Administration of the United States for a municipal Airport.

In 1943 the US Navy leased the airport land from the City of Gainesville for one dollar to be used by the military during World War II.

Owned and managed by the City of Gainesville, Georgia, it is further served by Champion Aviation (fixed-base operator), AB Aviation (maintenance and repair) and Lanier Flight Center (flight school, aircraft charter and aircraft rental).

[1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 38,800 aircraft operations, an average of 106 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military.