Gillespie Field
SEE · KSEE · San Diego/El Cajon, California · San Diego County · map
Gillespie Field is a public-use airport owned by the County of San Diego, 10 miles northeast of San Diego/El Cajon, California, 388 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09L/27R, is 5,342 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSEE · observed 12:47 pm PDT (19:47 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 13 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 102°F (39°C), dew point 48°F (9°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 KSEE 061947Z 26013G17KT 10SM SKC 39/09 A2982
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 SEE · ICAO KSEE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of San Diego
- Elevation
- 388 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 5,342 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 4,145 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09R/27L | 2,738 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 09L: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 87 ft high 580 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 706 ft, road 37 ft high 585 ft from the end
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 450 ft, building 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 685 ft, pole 30 ft high 510 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.7 | Gillespie |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · See and aWOS-3P | 125.45 | Gillespie · General outlook on ATIS when the control tower closed. |
| Clearance delivery | 125.1 | Gillespie |
| Ground | 121.7 | Gillespie |
| Tower (secondary) | 123.8 | Gillespie |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace 062-109 San 14,000 feet and below | 124.35 | Gillespie |
| Class B airspace 029-061 San 14,000 feet and below; 333-028 San 7,000 FT-11,000 feet | 132.2 | Gillespie |
| See and vot | 110.0 | |
| Departure procedure (CWARD) · Departure procedure (PADRZ) | 119.6 | Gillespie |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 619-449-1228.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in San Diego/El Cajon from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list San Diego/El Cajon, CA as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 77 since 1982, 14 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
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 27R; PAPI runways 09L, 27R, 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09L/27R and runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway unlighted; closed sunset to sunrise.
- Runway 17 end lights NON-STD, spread less than runway pavement width.
- Runway 17 +8 feet fence at 30 feet from runway end, 85 feet left.
- Runway 35 unlit 8 feet fence 1 feet south of runway end; +20 feet trees at 100-200 feet from runway end 130 feet left.
- PAPI unusable beyond 6 degreess right of crs.
- Unusable beyond 4 degreess left of centerline.
- Runway 17 approach ratio 20:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 27R approach ratio 30:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 35 approach ratio to displaced thld over +30 feet pole 1203 feet from displaced thld 40 feet left 40:1.
- Runway 17-35 pattern altitude 1188 (800) sunrise to sunset, 1388 (1000) sunset to sunrise.
- Runway 27R centerline in close alnmt with trrn, use of localizer/DME highly recommended.
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.