Arlington Municipal
GKY · KGKY · Arlington, Texas · Tarrant County · map
Arlington Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Arlington, 4 miles south of Arlington, Texas, 628 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,080 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 200 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 123,748 takeoffs and landings a year. About 36 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Arlington Municipal?
Its FAA code is GKY, and its ICAO code is KGKY.
Where is Arlington Municipal?
It is 4 miles south of Arlington, Texas, 628 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Arlington Municipal?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 6,080 feet long, concrete.
Does Arlington Municipal have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Arlington Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Arlington Municipal?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Dal Tex Flyers INC and Aviator Air Flight School LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Arlington Municipal?
40 pilot examiners and 40 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 Arlington Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GKY · ICAO KGKY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Arlington
- Elevation
- 628 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,080 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 34: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 36 ft high 1,235 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.625 | Arlington |
| Clearance delivery When gky tower closed | 118.85 | Arlington |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.875 | Arlington |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp North | 135.975 | Arlington |
| Motza and star · Wesat and star South | 118.1 | Arlington |
| Sasie and star · Truuk Rnav Star | 124.3 | Arlington |
| Dodje and star · Reeko and star | 125.2 | Arlington |
| Likes and star · Motza and star · Wesat and star South; North | 125.8 | Arlington |
| Dodje and star | 125.9 | Arlington |
| Gky and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.375 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 817-557-0251.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Grand Prairie Municipal (3 nm northeast), Dallas Executive (11 nm east), Fort Worth Spinks Airport (12 nm southwest).
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 Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Extensive helicopter traffic west of runway.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset med intst; higher intst by the control tower required. When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 34 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL full and self serve.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 | 163 |
| multi-engine | 14 |
| jets | 14 |
| helicopters | 8 |
| 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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 123,748, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 20 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,147 |
| general aviation, travelling | 52,151 |
| general aviation, local | 70,357 |
| military | 73 |
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 Arlington from the FAA register
254 aircraft are registered to owners in Arlington, Texas: 187 piston singles, 29 turboprops, 12 piston twins, 11 balloons, 6 gliders. 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 Texas.
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:
- Dal Tex Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Arlington Dal Tex Flyers Inc.
- Aviator Air Flight School LLC 10 aircraft · Grand Prairie, 4 miles away Aviator Academy of Texas is a flight school based at Mid-Way Regional Airport in Midlothian, Texas, serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
- Skymates INC 7 aircraft · Grand Prairie, 4 miles away Skymates Flight Academy is an FAA Part 141 flight school located in Grand Prairie, Texas, offering pilot training courses from private pilot through airline transport pilot level.
- Texas Soaring Association INC 13 aircraft · Midlothian, 14 miles away Texas Soaring Association is a flying club based in Midlothian, Texas that operates a gliderport offering sailplane soaring flights.
Repair stations in Arlington:
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
40 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 40 for private pilot, 40 for commercial and instrument, 30 for airline transport pilot, 36 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 34 for airplanes, 28 for multi-engine airplanes, 7 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 40 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 10 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 19 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 25 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 105 training center evaluators, 151 aircrew program designees, 7 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- James Harry Lightfoot private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Arlington, TX (0 nm) · (817) 721-0091 · [email protected]
- Jolynn Marie Davila 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 · Arlington, TX (0 nm) · (817) 394-8182 · [email protected]
- Keith Douglas Weems 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 · Arlington, TX (0 nm) · (817) 944-8003 · [email protected]
- Terry Strange private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Arlington, TX (0 nm) · (909) 553-3694 · [email protected]
- Matthew David Morgan Evans private pilot, commercial and instrument, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Airbus Helicopters Inc · Grand Prairie, TX (3 nm) · (972) 754-7775 · [email protected]
- Poliana Guimaraes Perotto private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Grand Prairie Municipal Airport - KGPM · Grand Prairie, TX (3 nm) · (240) 917-5797 · [email protected]
- Elizabeth Brassaw private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bedford, TX (11 nm) · (801) 808-4864 · [email protected]
- Carol Lynn Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Midlothian, TX (12 nm) · (214) 948-0440 · [email protected]
All 422 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher 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 · 10 since 1982, 0 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 Arlington 254 aircraft · 187 piston singles, 29 turboprops, 12 piston twins
- Van Bortel Aircraft INC 72 aircraft in town
- Magniflight LLC 8 aircraft in town
- American Aviator LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Ultramagic USA INC 3 aircraft in town
- Dal Tex Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aviator Air Flight School LLC 10 aircraft · flight school
- Skymates INC 7 aircraft · flight school
- Aat Aircraft Maintenance LLC · repair station
- J & S Plating and Repair INC · repair station
- Rvr Maintenance LLC · repair station
- Van Bortel Aircraft INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GKY.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 27, 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.