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Winter Haven Regional Airport - Gilbert Field

28.06290°N
-81.75330°W
ARR / DAY
25
▼ 15.0%
DEP / DAY
32
▲ 65.0%

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

58m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
3 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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METAR KGIF 052253Z AUTO 12003KT 10SM FEW060 28/25 A2992 RMK AO1 RAE25 TSE2154B2158E16 SLP130 P0001 T02830250

Runways

2 installed

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

Runway intelligence

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

11
32% of ops
492 land · 97 TO
23
26% of ops
397 land · 153 TO
5
16% of ops
238 land · 109 TO
05
14% of ops
209 land · 105 TO
29
12% of ops
183 land · 62 TO
Runway 11 carries 32% of operations (492 landings, 97 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

11 492 landings
UA 9%
23 397 landings
UA 5%
5 238 landings
UA 4%
05 209 landings
UA 4%
29 183 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 11 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (42 UA events from 492 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
45.8
flights/day · 1,375 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 12pm · 3pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 45.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (37.1 vs 51.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

560 · 48%
187 · 16%
73 · 6%
54 · 5%
49 · 4%
45 · 4%
Activity is led by (48% of 1,160 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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