Gila Bend Municipal
E63 · Gila Bend, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Gila Bend Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Gila Bend, 2 miles east of Gila Bend, Arizona, 789 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and 2 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 25,100 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA E63
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Gila Bend
- Elevation
- 789 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 20 ft high 266 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 16 ft high 202 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 25,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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Aircraft registered in Gila Bend from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Gila Bend, Arizona: 2 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Self service H24 with credit card.
- Primary surface +5-20 feet brush and trees 100-125 feet south of centerline.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- 3-15 feet brush 0-200 feet from threshold 65-125 feet L of centerline.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slope.
- Area alg runway nrws to 30 feet at culvert.
- Taxiway light out of service indefinitely.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.