📍 San Diego/El Cajon⬆ 388 ft3 runways
KSEE · SEE
Gillespie Field
32.82620°N
-116.97200°W
ARR / DAY
87
▲
6.7%
DEP / DAY
90
▼
0.8%
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 87 arrivals and 90 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 2 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
93°F
Wind
7 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
3 installed
09L/27R
5,342 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
09R/27L
2,738 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit
17/35
4,145 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
27L
49% of ops
2,266 land · 2,287 TO
27R
41% of ops
1,902 land · 2,300 TO
17
4% of ops
173 land · 37 TO
09R
4% of ops
173 land · 14 TO
35
1% of ops
55 land · 39 TO
09L
1% of ops
46 land · 7 TO
Runway 27L carries 49% of operations (2,266 landings, 2,287 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27R at 41%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
27L
2,266 landings
UA 2%
27R
1,902 landings
UA 1%
17
173 landings
UA 9%
09R
173 landings
UA 3%
35
55 landings
UA 13%
09L
46 landings
UA 22%
Approaches to 27L show a 2% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 2,266 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
131.9
flights/day · 3,956 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 12am
Day vs night
48%
06:00–20:00 local
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
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
2
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
PI
pilotal
05/24/2009
This is one of the airports I have landed at.
PI
pilotal
07/10/2008
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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