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Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field

28.06290°N
-81.75330°W
ARR / DAY
32
▲ 17.6%
DEP / DAY
44
▲ 8.1%

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 32 arrivals and 44 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
9 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGIF 270253Z AUTO 36009KT 10SM FEW011 21/20 A3010 RMK AO1 SLP190 T02060200 51005

Runways

2 installed

5,006 FT MAX
11/29
4,001 ft × 60
ASP○ unlitMED
5/23
5,006 ft × 100
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

05
31% of ops
244 land · 202 TO
11
31% of ops
241 land · 89 TO
23
29% of ops
224 land · 30 TO
29
9% of ops
73 land · 1 TO
Runway 05 carries 31% of operations (244 landings, 202 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

05 244 landings
UA 2%
11 241 landings
UA 7%
23 224 landings
UA 5%
29 73 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 244 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
50.5
flights/day · 1,516 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 12pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 50.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (37.2 vs 58.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

720 · 57%
170 · 13%
76 · 6%
64 · 5%
30 · 2%
26 · 2%
Activity is led by (57% of 1,261 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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