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Gillespie Field

32.82620°N
-116.97200°W
ARR / DAY
87
▼ 14.5%
DEP / DAY
91
▼ 12.6%

Gillespie Field (KSEE/SEE) is a small general aviation airport located in San Diego/El Cajon, CA. It features 3 runways with the longest being 5,342 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 87 arrivals and 91 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
6 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSEE 280555Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM FEW055 SCT070 BKN110 23/21 A2987 RMK AO2 P0002

Runway intelligence

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

27L
48% of ops
2,180 land · 2,179 TO
27R
42% of ops
1,902 land · 2,287 TO
17
4% of ops
193 land · 45 TO
09R
3% of ops
146 land · 18 TO
35
1% of ops
51 land · 34 TO
09L
1% of ops
29 land · 8 TO
Runway 27L carries 48% of operations (2,180 landings, 2,179 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27R at 42%.

Approach quality

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

27L 2,180 landings
UA 2%
27R 1,902 landings
UA 1%
17 193 landings
UA 10%
09R 146 landings
UA 6%
35 51 landings
UA 6%
09L 29 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 27L show a 2% unstable-approach rate (43 UA events from 2,180 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
127.6
flights/day · 3,827 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 12am
Day vs night
49%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 127.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (142.5 vs 128.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 2,889 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 120.700 —
TWR 120.700 0700-2100
TWR 123.800 0700-2100
TWR 257.800 0700-2100
GND 121.700 0700-2100
ATIS 125.450 0700-2100
APCH 124.350 —
APCH 132.200 —
APCH 269.100 —
APCH 279.625 —
AWOS 125.450 —
SEE VOT 110.000 —
OTHER 110.000 —
CWARD DP 119.600 —
PADRZ DP 119.600 —
OTHER 119.600 —
LCL/P 120.700 0700-2100
LCL/S 123.800 0700-2100
CLASS B 124.350 —
CD/P 125.100 0700-2100
OTHER 125.100 0700-2100
CLASS B 132.200 —
LCL/P 257.800 0700-2100
CLASS B 269.100 —
CLASS B 279.625 —
CWARD DP 363.100 —
PADRZ DP 363.100 —
OTHER 363.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
13° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 180 s
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
pilotal
5/24/2009
Airports
This is one of the airports I have landed at.
pilotal
7/10/2008
Excellent Restuarant
Cafe has excellent breakfast and lunch and it is located close to the trolley line that can take you all the way to Downtown San Diego or Tijuana, Mexico
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