Flight planning: Gillespie Field SEE / KSEE
What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Gillespie Field in San Diego/El Cajon, California, in plain English: right now marginal VFR: flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility, Wind from the southwest (230°) at 10 knots, gusting to 16. The warnings, reports and winds below come from the government's aviation weather service and the restrictions from the FAA, refreshed every few minutes. For planning, not a briefing: the legal preflight briefing comes from Flight Service (1-800-WX-BRIEF) or the FAA's own tools.
Warnings in force SIGMETs and AIRMETs whose area covers this field
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET SIERRA 6E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
A SIGMET warns of weather hazardous to all aircraft (thunderstorms, severe turbulence or icing, volcanic ash); an AIRMET of weather that matters to small aircraft and to flying without instruments (moderate turbulence or icing, low cloud, strong surface wind, mountains hidden in cloud). An area is counted when it covers this field's position.
Pilot reports within 100 nautical miles, last three hours, nearest first
- urgent B737 at 1,000 ft, 84 nm northwest, 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
NID UUA /OV KLGB/TM 1856/FL010/TP B737/RM LLWS /-10 SFC-SFC-010 KLGB SHORT FINAL RWY30 -/ZLAWC111909 AWC-WEB
- C172 descending, 5 nm southwest, 1:17 pm PDT (20:17 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
MYF UA /OV MYF100005/TM 2017/FLB027/TP C172/RM DURD
- M600 at 1,200 ft, 7 nm west, 11:54 am PDT (18:54 UTC): a broken layer above 1,200 ft.
as filed
MYF UA /OV MYF100002/TM 1854/FL012/TP M600/SK BKN012/RM DURD
- PRM1 at 1,600 ft, 10 nm southwest, 10:58 am PDT (17:58 UTC): a broken layer above 1,600 ft.
as filed
SAN UA /OV SAN090003/TM 1758/FL016/TP PRM1/SK BKN016
- E75L at 2,900 ft, 12 nm southwest, 1:09 pm PDT (20:09 UTC): a broken layer above 2,900 ft.
as filed
SAN UA /OV SAN/TM 2009/FL029/TP E75L/SK BKN029/RM DURD RY27
- B739 climbing, 12 nm southwest, 12:50 pm PDT (19:50 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
SAN UA /OV SAN/TM 1950/FLDEP/TP B739/SK BASE 022 TOP 040
- E75L at 2,400 ft, 12 nm southwest, 12:03 pm PDT (19:03 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
SAN UA /OV SAN/TM 1903/FL024/TP E75L/SK BASES 024/RM FIELD INSIGHT 6 MILE FINAL
- B737 at 2,800 ft, 12 nm southwest, 11:35 am PDT (18:35 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
SAN UA /OV SAN/TM 1835/FL028/TP B737/SK BASES 028/RM DURD
- E135 at 2,600 ft, 24 nm northwest, 11:45 am PDT (18:45 UTC): overcast.
as filed
CRQ UA /OV 5 NE KCRQ/TM 1845/FL026/TP E135/SK OVC/RM RAGGED BASES 026 TOPS UNKN
- LJ40 at 6,000 ft, 25 nm northwest, 12:10 pm PDT (19:10 UTC): a broken layer.
as filed
CRQ UA /OV 4SW KCRQ/TM 1910/FL060/TP LJ40/SK BKN/RM BASES 022 TOPS 059
- A321 at 22,000 ft, 35 nm east, 10:57 am PDT (17:57 UTC): moderate icing, -17 °C.
as filed
IGM UA /OV IPL250040/TM 1757/FL220/TP A321/TA M17/IC MOD MX/RM DURC -/ZLAWC111808 AWC-WEB
- A321 at 22,000 ft, 39 nm northeast, 12:50 pm PDT (19:50 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
IGM UA /OV TRM180030/TM 1950/FL220/TP A321/RM WS DURC -15FT -/ZLAWC111952 AWC-WEB
What pilots in the air told air traffic control or Flight Service: turbulence, icing, cloud tops and bases, temperature, wind. An urgent report is one of severe turbulence or icing, or similar.
Winds and temperatures aloft forecast point SAN, 12 nm southwest of the field · for use 14:00–21:00 UTC
| Height | Wind from | Speed | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 ft | 220° (southwest) | 18 knots | |
| 6,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 31 knots | 9 °C |
| 9,000 ft | 220° (southwest) | 30 knots | 5 °C |
| 12,000 ft | 220° (southwest) | 28 knots | 0 °C |
| 18,000 ft | 220° (southwest) | 21 knots | -12 °C |
| 24,000 ft | 230° (southwest) | 31 knots | -16 °C |
| 30,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 32 knots | -26 °C |
| 34,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 38 knots | -34 °C |
| 39,000 ft | 210° (southwest) | 44 knots | -45 °C |
Based on data from the 11th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 11th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 UTC; temperatures above 24,000 ft are below zero. Heights are above sea level; the lowest rows are left out where the ground is already that high.
Temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles, from the FAA's list
- 6/2652 Coyote Wells, CA, Saturday, July 4, 2026 through Saturday, January 2, 2027 Local 46 nm east · security · until 2 January · ZLA
- 6/4812 El Centro, CA, Wednesday, July 15, 2026 through Tuesday, July 13, 2027 Local 49 nm east · security · until 13 July · ZLA
Each restriction opens the FAA's own page with the exact area, heights and times. Ordinary notices to air missions (a closed runway, lights out, a crane) are not shown here: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time, and the application for the FAA's data feed is in hand.
Radar and forecast charts government pictures, the latest each time the page loads
The radar pictures come from the National Weather Service (the nearest radar, then the region); the surface analysis and the 12- and 24-hour forecast charts from the Weather Prediction Center. They are public-domain government images shown as they are published.
Sources: the Aviation Weather Center's data service (SIGMETs, AIRMETs, graphical AIRMETs, pilot reports, winds and temperatures aloft), the National Weather Service radar, the Weather Prediction Center's charts, and the FAA's temporary flight restriction list and shapes. Fetched when the page is viewed and kept a few minutes. Back to Gillespie Field, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.