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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 77,998 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Winter Haven Regional?
Its FAA code is GIF, and its ICAO code is KGIF.
Where is Winter Haven Regional?
It is 3 miles northwest of Winter Haven, Florida, 146 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Winter Haven Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 5,005 feet long.
Does Winter Haven Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Winter Haven Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas).
Are there flight schools at Winter Haven Regional?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Aspiring Aviators Aero Club INC and Flight School 101 LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Winter Haven Regional?
30 pilot examiners and 31 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Winter Haven Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas); the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bartow Executive (7 nm south), Lake Wales Municipal (12 nm southeast), Lakeland Linder International (15 nm west).
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 Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 152 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 77,998, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 31,200 |
| general aviation, local | 46,798 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Winter Haven from the FAA register
131 aircraft are registered to owners in Winter Haven, Florida: 112 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 6 helicopters, 2 turboprops, 2 drones. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Aspiring Aviators Aero Club INC 4 aircraft · Winter Haven Aspiring Aviators Aero Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit flying club based at Winter Haven Regional Airport in Winter Haven, Florida.
- Flight School 101 LLC 2 aircraft · Winter Haven
- Bartow Municipal Airport Development Authority 5 aircraft · Bartow, 8 miles away Bartow Municipal Airport Development Authority operates Bartow Executive Airport in Bartow, Florida, a public-use airport with a Class D control tower.
- Fun Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Bartow, 8 miles away Fun Flight Training is a flight school in Lake Wales, Florida offering pilot certification programs from Sports Pilot through Flight Instructor level, as well as accelerated training and discovery flights.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
30 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 30 for private pilot, 30 for commercial and instrument, 20 for airline transport pilot, 28 for flight instructor, 10 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 28 for airplanes, 20 for multi-engine airplanes, 9 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 31 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 171 training center evaluators, 49 aircrew program designees, 6 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Benjamin Cook Shipps private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Winter Have/Gilbert Field · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (941) 223-3964 · [email protected]
- Charles Ray Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (919) 369-2683 · [email protected]
- Charles Sheridan Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (863) 660-9206 · [email protected]
- Janeen Adrion Kochan private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Winter Haven Regional Airport · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (863) 207-0484 · [email protected]
- Steven James Korotky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Blueline Aviation · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (732) 569-2223 · [email protected]
- Thomas Dowell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winter Haven, FL (0 nm) · (864) 238-2871 · [email protected]
- Jon Kenneth Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Auburndale, FL (3 nm) · (863) 651-1160 · [email protected]
- Anthony Manuel Gallegos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Bartow Flying Service · Bartow, FL (7 nm) · (863) 303-2839 · [email protected]
All 318 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Winter Haven 131 aircraft · 112 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 6 helicopters
- Casa Acquisitions LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Blue Line Aviation LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Polk County Sheriffs Office 4 aircraft in town
- Jack Browns Seaplane Base INC 4 aircraft in town
- Aspiring Aviators Aero Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Flight School 101 LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Bartow Municipal Airport Development Authority 5 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 41 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GIF.json.
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 26, 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.