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Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field

28.06290°N
-81.75330°W
ARR / DAY
31
▲ 10.8%
DEP / DAY
43
▲ 2.7%

Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field (KGIF/GIF) is a small general aviation airport located in Winter Haven, FL. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,006 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 31 arrivals and 43 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
3 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGIF 271853Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 29/11 A2992 RMK AO1 SLP128 T02890111 $

Runway intelligence

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

11
32% of ops
262 land · 35 TO
05
31% of ops
248 land · 206 TO
23
27% of ops
216 land · 70 TO
29
6% of ops
52 land · 4 TO
5
4% of ops
29 land · 14 TO
Runway 11 carries 32% of operations (262 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

11 262 landings
UA 7%
05 248 landings
UA 4%
23 216 landings
UA 2%
29 52 landings
UA 6%
5 29 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 11 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 262 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
48.2
flights/day · 1,447 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–3pm local, averaging 48.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (55.5 vs 47.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (54% of 1,235 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050 —
APCH 119.900 —
APCH 120.650 —
APCH 290.300 —
UNICOM 123.050 —
ASOS 133.675 —
OTHER 121.725 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMA
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

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

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
airbound
5/23/2011
GIF - Winter Haven - Excellent Flight School (Tailwheelsetc)
Awesome experience with primary training. Intense and very rewarding. Family like environment.
moski
4/13/2008
Sun n' Fun Spot
This is a decent spot to fly into for Sun n' Fun. It's a bit far away from the Lakeland, but easy to get into and out of so much less hassle. They charged a $4/night parking fee (2008) and a $4.99 service charge for gassing up, on top of the fuel charge.
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