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Gila Bend Municipal Airport

32.95810°N
-112.67800°W
ARR / DAY
1
91.3%
DEP / DAY
1
91.5%

Gila Bend Municipal Airport (KE63) is a small general aviation airport located in Gila Bend, AZ, 49 mi south west of Phoenix. It features 1 runway measuring 5,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KLUF, 43 mi away (KE63 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
101°F
Wind
17 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KLUF 260055Z 02017G22KT 10SM VCTS CLR 38/15 A2981 RMK AO2A PK WND 02033/24 SLP076 T03840148 $

Runways

1 installed

5,200 FT MAX
04/22
5,200 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

22
81% of ops
1,678 land · 1,634 TO
04
19% of ops
393 land · 397 TO
Runway 22 carries 81% of operations (1,678 landings, 1,634 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 19%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

22 1,678 landings
UA 9%
04 393 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 22 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (146 UA events from 1,678 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
17.5
flights/day · 526 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 17.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (15.0 vs 19.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (34% of 478 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAB
Mag var:
13° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
rstan
06/15/2020
Cheap Fuel
unmanned but good FBO
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