Williams Auxiliary Airfield 6
GAX · KGAX · Gila Bend, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Williams Auxiliary Airfield 6 is a private airport, 7 miles southwest of Gila Bend, Arizona, 806 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 3,000 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GAX · ICAO KGAX
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Elevation
- 806 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- 0, 0, 0
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 2016
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Dirt, poor | |
| 13/31 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Dirt, poor |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Buckeye Municipal (33 nm north), Phoenix Goodyear Airport (39 nm northeast), Glendale Regional (47 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Gila Bend Municipal (8 nm northeast), Buckeye Municipal (33 nm north), Phoenix Goodyear Airport (39 nm northeast), Ak-Chin Regional (46 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Arizona · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Restricted military use only. C130 assault landing practice. Helo staging, drop zone, and pja area.
- Airfield condition is poor.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Gila Bend 3 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 turboprops
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arizona 77 landing places
- Arizona 8,423 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GAX.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.