Gillespie Field satellite view
📍 San Diego/El Cajon⬆ 388 ft3 runways
KSEE · SEE

Gillespie Field

32.82620°N
-116.97200°W
ARR / DAY
37
58.7%
DEP / DAY
38
58.7%

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 37 arrivals and 38 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
10 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSEE 240247Z 28010KT 10SM SKC 26/17 A2985

Runway intelligence

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

27L
48% of ops
6,089 land · 6,544 TO
27R
41% of ops
5,123 land · 6,001 TO
09R
5% of ops
643 land · 62 TO
17
4% of ops
456 land · 19 TO
35
1% of ops
175 land · 88 TO
09L
1% of ops
100 land · 22 TO
Runway 27L carries 48% of operations (6,089 landings, 6,544 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27R at 41%.

Approach quality

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

27L 6,089 landings
UA 2%
27R 5,123 landings
UA 1%
09R 643 landings
UA 7%
17 456 landings
UA 10%
35 175 landings
UA 3%
09L 100 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 27L show a 2% unstable-approach rate (96 UA events from 6,089 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
118.6
flights/day · 3,559 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 9pm
Day vs night
45%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 118.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (116.1 vs 125.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 2,714 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 11 AM · 1 movement every 189 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
05/24/2009
Airports
This is one of the airports I have landed at.
pilotal
07/10/2008
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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