Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport

Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport Winter Haven Municipal Airport
2006 USGS airphoto
IATA: GIF ICAO: KGIF FAA LID: GIF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Winter Haven
Serves	Winter Haven, Florida
Elevation AMSL	145 ft / 44 m
Coordinates	28°03′46″N 081°45′12″W
Map
Location of Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 5,005 1,526 Asphalt 11/29 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 60,000 Based aircraft 158
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport (IATA: GIF, ICAO: KGIF, FAA LID: GIF) is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Winter Haven, a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of Winter Haven. It is also known as Winter Haven Municipal Airport or Gilbert Field. Jack Browns Seaplane Base and Tailwheels Etc. Flight School are located adjacent to the airport, connected by a taxiway.

History

During World War II, Gilbert Field was an auxiliary airfield for the Lakeland (later Lodwick) School of Aeronautics at the Lakeland Lodwick Field airport. The school provided basic pilot training to United States Army Air Forces and British Royal Air Force flying cadets from the airfield under contract. Flight training was performed until the end of the war.

Facilities and aircraft

Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport covers an area of 520 acres (210 ha) at an elevation of 145 feet (44 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 5,005 by 100 feet (1,526 x 30 m) and 11/29 is 4,001 by 100 feet (1,220 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending November 17, 2009, the airport had 60,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 164 per day. At that time there were 158 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 1% jet and 2% glider.

See also

• Florida World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

External links

• Winter Haven Air Services, the fixed base operator (FBO)
• Aerial photo as of 6 January 1999 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for GIF, effective December 26, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for GIF
  • AirNav airport information for KGIF
  • ASN accident history for GIF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures