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Gila Bend Municipal Airport

32.95810°N
-112.67800°W
ARR / DAY
11
1.4%
DEP / DAY
12
49.1%

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

Current weather

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

21m ago
Temp
104°F
Wind
6 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPHX 282251Z 32006G25KT 10SM FEW100 FEW160 FEW250 40/17 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP050 T04000167

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
79% of ops
755 land · 720 TO
04
21% of ops
204 land · 218 TO
Runway 22 carries 79% of operations (755 landings, 720 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

22 755 landings
UA 9%
04 204 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 22 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (65 UA events from 755 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
21.2
flights/day · 637 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 21.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (16.1 vs 24.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 579 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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