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KE63 ·

Gila Bend Municipal Airport

32.95810°N

-112.67800°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KPHX, 51 mi away (KE63 does not publish METAR)

37m ago

Temp

97°F

Wind

13 kts

270°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KPHX 270951Z 27013KT 10SM FEW250 36/18 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP071 T03610178 $

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

80% of ops

1,596 land · 1,562 TO

20% of ops

387 land · 388 TO

Runway 22 carries 80% of operations (1,596 landings, 1,562 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

22 1,596 landings

UA 9%

04 387 landings

UA 10%

Approaches to 22 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (142 UA events from 1,596 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

16.8

flights/day · 503 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 3pm · 4pm

Day vs night

73%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 16.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (15.0 vs 18.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 456 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

rstan

06/15/2020

Cheap Fuel

unmanned but good FBO

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