Airport details

Gillespie Field

El Cajon, United States Americas

IATA SEE ICAO KSEE 3 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
SEE
ICAO
KSEE
Elevation
388 ft / 118 m
Runways
3
Longest runway
5,342 ft / 1,628 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles
Coordinates
32.826198577881, -116.97200012207

Location

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Weather snapshot

America/Los_Angeles · Updated Fri 6 Nov, 19:00

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Clear sky now, with temperatures around 11°C to 29°C (52°F to 83°F) today and up to 0% rain risk.

Current
Clear sky
Temperature
19°C
66°F
Humidity
66%
Wind
3 km/h 2 mph
Local time
19:11
Sunrise
06:10
Sunset
16:52

Today

Clear sky

11°C to 29°C 52°F to 83°F

Rain 0%
Wind 21 km/h 13 mph

Sat

Clear sky

14°C to 30°C 57°F to 85°F

Rain 0%
Wind 18 km/h 11 mph

Sun

Clear sky

15°C to 31°C 59°F to 88°F

Rain 0%
Wind 15 km/h 9 mph

Airline service

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About

From Wikipedia

Gillespie Field

Gillespie Field(IATA:SEE, ICAO:KSEE, FAA LID:SEE) is a county-owned public airport in El Cajon, California. It is located 11.5 miles (18.5 km; 10 nmi) northeast of downtown San Diego.

In 1942 the United States Marine Corps chose a site with 688 acres (278 ha) east of San Diego for parachute training for the newly forming parachute battalions. In September 1942,Camp Gillespiewas completed and named in honor of Lieutenant Archibald H. Gillespie, a Marine officer who played a prominent role in the effort to separate California from Mexico in the 1840s. Three 256 feet (78 m) high towers were built from which the paratroopers practiced their jumps.

In February 1944, the camp was commissioned as Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Gillespie under the command of Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. MCAAF Gillespie soon became responsible for Camp Pendleton Outlying Air Field. Among the units that transited and trained at MCAAF Gillespie were VMSB-141, Air Warning Squadron 10 and the Navy's TBM-3 Ave...

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Gillespie Field

Country

United States

Official name
United States

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