Winter Haven Regional
GIF · KGIF · Winter Haven, Florida · Polk County · map
Winter Haven Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Winter Haven, 3 miles northwest of Winter Haven, Florida, 146 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)) and about 172 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 77,998 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGIF · observed 7:15 pm EDT (23:15 UTC), 16 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 900 feet, a broken layer at 1,700 feet, a broken layer at 12,000 feet
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 78°F (26°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI KGIF 062315Z AUTO 06004KT 10SM BKN009 BKN017 BKN120 26/26 A2988 RMK AO1 RAE14 P0000 T02560256
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GIF · ICAO KGIF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Winter Haven
- Elevation
- 146 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 855 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,005 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 4,001 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 5 ft high 205 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 41 ft high 1,245 ft from the end
- Runway 11: power line 43 ft high 1,430 ft from the end
- Runway 29: fence 5 ft high 215 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 120.425 | |
| UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 119.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.65 | |
| Apt Remark 7 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through tampa clearance delivery. |
| Gif and automated weather (ASOS) | 133.675 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 863-229-7810.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 77,998, 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Winter Haven from the FAA register
130 aircraft are registered to owners in Winter Haven, Florida: 112 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 6 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 2 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 41 since 1982, 7 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
- BROWN'S spb located on adjacent lake.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23, 11 and 29; PAPI runway 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23,11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- 93
- Runway 05 approach slope 15:1 to aer due to 35 feet trees 520 feet from runway end and 155 feet left.
- Anemometer remoted to the FBO (fixed-base operator) office.
- Glider aircraft operg on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through tampa clearance delivery.
- Runway 05 preferred for calm or light winds
- Nmrs aircraft operg WO rdos in the vicinity of airport and spb.
- Unlighted obstructions in the apprch to runway 05 due to trees 515 bfr aer.
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.