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KE63 ·
Gila Bend Municipal Airport
32.95810°N
-112.67800°W
ARR / DAY
9
▲
15.4%
DEP / DAY
9
▲
37.0%
Gila Bend Municipal Airport (KE63) is a small general aviation airport located in Gila Bend, AZ, 49 mi south west of Phoenix. It features 1 runway measuring 5,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KPHX, 51 mi away (KE63 does not publish METAR)
Temp
97°F
Wind
8 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
04/22
5,200 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
22
72% of ops
458 land · 431 TO
04
28% of ops
179 land · 156 TO
Runway 22 carries 72% of operations (458 landings, 431 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 28%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
22
458 landings
UA 9%
04
179 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 22 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 458 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
16.6
flights/day · 497 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.800 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.800 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAB
- Mag var:
- 13° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)
RS
rstan
06/15/2020
unmanned but good FBO
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