Gulfport-Biloxi International
GPT · KGPT · Gulfport, Mississippi · Harrison County · map
Gulfport-Biloxi International is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Gulfport, Mississippi, 28 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 9,002 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KGPT · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 3,400 feet
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:32 pm CDT (17:32 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGPT 062053Z 02007KT 10SM SCT034 28/21 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02830211 56018
TAF KGPT 061732Z 0618/0718 06008KT P6SM BKN015 FM070000 05005KT P6SM OVC100 FM071500 05010KT P6SM BKN050
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 GPT · ICAO KGPT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 11:00 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
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 9,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,935 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 32: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 123.7 | Gulfport |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Gpt and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.45 | Gulfport |
| Ground | 120.4 | Gulfport |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service arriving from headings 130 to 309 | 124.6 | Gulfport |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service arriving from headings 310 to 129 | 127.5 | Gulfport |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Gulfport |
| Final approach and ctl | 126.75 | Gulfport |
| Mobile and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.65 | Gulfport |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 228-687-0116.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Gulfport from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in Gulfport, Mississippi: 28 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 business jet. 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 Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 1 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Nmrs low flying fish spotter aircraft operg the shoreline between pascagoula and Gulfport sunrise to sunset.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 14 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 not available when the control tower closed and runway 14/32 actv.
- Pattern altitude: 800 feet above ground level light SNGL-ENG, 1200 feet above ground level conventional, 1500 feet above ground level jets.
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1800 feet).
- BAK-14 BAK-12B(B) (1300 feet).
- 2S-175.
- Runway 18/36 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway end 14 first 2000 feet concrete; runway end 32 first 1500 feet concrete.
- Aircraft ovr 115000 pounds are rstrd from 180 degrees turns on runway 18/36. Aircraft with wingspan gtr than 223 feet are rstrd from operating on taxiway C between taxiway a and aer 32.
- Aircraft ovr 155000 pounds are rstrd from using the north part of taxiway a at runway 18/36. Aircraft ovr 316000 pounds are rstrd from using the south part of taxiway a between taxiway C and runway 14/32.
- Due to apn actvty aircraft with wingspan gtr than 170 feet should be alert on taxiway a between taxiway C and taxiway B.
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.