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

Gillespie Field

32.82620°N
-116.97200°W
ARR / DAY
61
36.4%
DEP / DAY
62
41.5%

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 61 arrivals and 62 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
7 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSEE 252247Z 25007KT 10SM SKC 34/16 A2989

Runway intelligence

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

27L
49% of ops
2,193 land · 2,204 TO
27R
42% of ops
1,853 land · 2,235 TO
09R
4% of ops
165 land · 12 TO
17
3% of ops
146 land · 31 TO
35
1% of ops
56 land · 34 TO
09L
1% of ops
46 land · 8 TO
Runway 27L carries 49% of operations (2,193 landings, 2,204 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 2,193 landings
UA 2%
27R 1,853 landings
UA 1%
09R 165 landings
UA 5%
17 146 landings
UA 8%
35 56 landings
UA 14%
09L 46 landings
UA 22%
Approaches to 27L show a 2% unstable-approach rate (38 UA events from 2,193 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
127.4
flights/day · 3,823 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 12am
Day vs night
48%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–6pm local, averaging 127.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (122.9 vs 135.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 2,818 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 171 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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