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Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field

28.06290°N
-81.75330°W
ARR / DAY
31
▲ 1.4%
DEP / DAY
26
▲ 10.5%

Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field (KGIF/GIF) is a small general aviation airport located in Winter Haven, FL. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,005 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 31 arrivals and 26 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

26m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
16 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KGIF 262253Z AUTO 12016G27KT 10SM -TSRA BKN050 BKN060 OVC075 28/23 A3001 RMK AO1 PK WND 15030/2243 WSHFT 2204 LTG DSNT ALQDS RAB21 TSB12 SLP160 P0000 T02780228

Runways

2 installed

5,005 FT MAX
05/23
5,005 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
11/29
4,001 ft × 60
ASP○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

11
33% of ops
291 land · 45 TO
05
23% of ops
206 land · 108 TO
23
23% of ops
202 land · 122 TO
29
12% of ops
108 land · 29 TO
5
9% of ops
81 land · 6 TO
Runway 11 carries 33% of operations (291 landings, 45 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

11 291 landings
UA 9%
05 206 landings
UA 5%
23 202 landings
UA 6%
29 108 landings
UA 5%
5 81 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 11 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 291 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
41.2
flights/day · 1,237 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 4pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 41.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (33.9 vs 46.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

496 · 48%
156 · 15%
58 · 6%
54 · 5%
48 · 5%
38 · 4%
Activity is led by (48% of 1,035 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050 —
APCH 119.900 —
APCH 120.650 —
APCH 290.300 —
UNICOM 123.050 —
ASOS 133.675 —
OTHER 121.725 —
APT REMA 121.725 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMA
Mag var:
4° W
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

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

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
airbound
05/23/2011
GIF - Winter Haven - Excellent Flight School (Tailwheelsetc)
Awesome experience with primary training. Intense and very rewarding. Family like environment.
moski
04/13/2008
Sun n' Fun Spot
This is a decent spot to fly into for Sun n' Fun. It's a bit far away from the Lakeland, but easy to get into and out of so much less hassle. They charged a $4/night parking fee (2008) and a $4.99 service charge for gassing up, on top of the fuel charge.
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