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Gila Bend Municipal Airport

32.95810°N
-112.67800°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KDVT, 61 mi away (KE63 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
88°F
Wind
6 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDVT 312353Z 15006KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP104 T03110172 10311 20244 56028

Runways

1 installed

5,200 FT MAX
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
718 land · 694 TO
04
28% of ops
282 land · 274 TO
Runway 22 carries 72% of operations (718 landings, 694 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

22 718 landings
UA 10%
04 282 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 22 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (72 UA events from 718 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
15.6
flights/day · 467 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 15.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (17.1 vs 15.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 412 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

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

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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rstan
06/15/2020
Cheap Fuel
unmanned but good FBO
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