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KE63 ·

Gila Bend Municipal Airport

32.95810°N
-112.67800°W
ARR / DAY
12
▲ 163.6%
DEP / DAY
13
▲ 168.6%

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 12 arrivals and 13 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

58m ago
Temp
58°F
Wind
4 kts
340°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLUF 251055Z AUTO 34004KT 10SM CLR 15/08 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP149 T01470075 $

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

04
58% of ops
391 land · 429 TO
22
42% of ops
281 land · 272 TO
Runway 04 carries 58% of operations (391 landings, 429 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

04 391 landings
UA 10%
22 281 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 04 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 391 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
19.2
flights/day · 577 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 19.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (21.4 vs 19.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 527 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
6/15/2020
Cheap Fuel
unmanned but good FBO
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