Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport


Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles 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 Regional Airport or Gilbert Field. Jack Browns Seaplane Base is located adjacent to the airport, connected by a taxiway.

History

During World War II, Gilbert Field was an auxiliary airfield for the Lakeland 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 at an elevation of 145 feet above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 5,005 by 100 feet and 11/29 is 4,001 by 60 feet.
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.