Gila Bend AF Aux Airport
GXF · KGXF · Gila Bend, Arizona · Maricopa County · map
Gila Bend AF Aux Airport is a private airport owned by Usaf, 3 miles south of Gila Bend, Arizona, 881 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,503 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KGXF · observed 2:55 pm MST (21:55 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 100°F (38°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 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)
METAR KGXF 062155Z AUTO 34009KT 10SM CLR 38/13 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP083 T03750128 FZRANO $
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 GXF · ICAO KGXF
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 881 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operates 1430-0630z mon-fri, 1500-2359z wkend, closed holidays.
- Attended
- every day, durg schedule rng periods only
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,503 × 150 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Tower | 127.75 | Gila Bend |
| Approach and departure South | 125.45 | Gila Bend |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Gila Bend |
| Range and ctl Call: snake eye | 122.775 | Gila Bend |
Aircraft registered in Gila Bend from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Gila Bend, Arizona: 2 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Closed holidays.
- Ctn: uneven surface; may cause tail hook to skip ovr cable. Shelters 200 feet from runway centerline. Mid two tie down bolts on cable 9.375 feet apart; 7.5 feet rqr.
- Ctn: uneven surface; may cause tail hook to skip ovr cable. Shelters 200 feet from runway centerline. Mid two tie down bolts on cable 9.375 feet apart; 7.5 feet rqr.
- Jaa; unsupvr rfl service available F-35, F-16, A-10; qualified supvr must be provided.
- Ctn: BA poor when wet.
- Restricted: back taxi required when landing.
- First 1444 feet runway 17 and first 1401 feet runway 35 grooved concrete.
- Restricted: unlgt helicopters ltd UH-60 or smaller; day VFR use WO amgr apvl.
- Restricted: 24 hour prior permission required for landing - 56 rmo/qae D896-5261; except emergency, divert or schedule range operations.
- Ctn: taxiway a 50 feet wide 25 feet shoulders; C-130 idle outboard eng.
- Ctn: outside txls on north and south turn around and parking ramp nonstd - 20 feet to edge.
- Service light: non standard/coincident night vision infra red light 10:00 am to 10:00 pm feet from threshold. Night vision prior permission required.
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.