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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KGKY · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGKY 061953Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/11 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP146 T03000106
TAF KGKY 061720Z 0618/0718 08005KT P6SM SKC FM070200 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Arlington from the FAA register
250 aircraft are registered to owners in Arlington, Texas: 187 piston singles, 25 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.