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Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field

28.06290°N
-81.75330°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 81.0%
DEP / DAY
8
▼ 65.9%

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 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 8 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

17h ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
3 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGIF 250553Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A3011 RMK AO1 SLP194 T02720244 10317 20272 50002 $

Runways

2 installed

5,005 FT MAX
05/23
5,005 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
11/29
4,001 ft × 60
ASP○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

5
33% of ops
721 land · 527 TO
23
30% of ops
638 land · 201 TO
11
25% of ops
543 land · 115 TO
29
11% of ops
245 land · 27 TO
05
0% of ops
6 land · 9 TO
Runway 5 carries 33% of operations (721 landings, 527 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

5 721 landings
UA 3%
23 638 landings
UA 2%
11 543 landings
UA 10%
29 245 landings
UA 10%
05 6 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 5 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 721 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
40.7
flights/day · 1,220 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 40.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (48.8 vs 39.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

523 · 53%
124 · 13%
53 · 5%
50 · 5%
32 · 3%
27 · 3%
Activity is led by (53% of 984 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
05/23/2011
GIF - Winter Haven - Excellent Flight School (Tailwheelsetc)
Awesome experience with primary training. Intense and very rewarding. Family like environment.
moski
04/13/2008
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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