Apalachicola Regional Airport
USGS aerial image - 10 July 1999
IATA: AAF – ICAO: KAAF – FAA LID: AAF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Franklin County
Serves		Apalachicola, Florida
Elevation AMSL		20 ft / 6 m
Coordinates		29°43′39″N 085°01′39″W / 29.7275°N 85.0275°W / 29.7275; -85.0275
Website		www.ApalachicolaAirport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
6/24	5,271	1,607	Concrete
13/31	5,251	1,601	Concrete
18/36	5,251	1,601	Concrete
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations			24,375
Based aircraft			18
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Apalachicola Regional Airport (IATA: AAF, ICAO: KAAF, FAA LID: AAF) is a county-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Apalachicola, in Franklin County, Florida, United States. It was previously known at Apalachicola Municipal Airport. The airport supports general aviation activity in the area and provides service via a tenant fixed base operator (FBO).

History

It was originally constructed in 1939 as the Army Air Corps. Expanded in February 1942, becoming a Flexible Gunnery School under 2136th Army Air Forces Base Unit, a sub-base and auxiliary airfield to nearby Tyndall Field, the present day Tyndall Air Force Base. Inactivated on 30 September 1945, facility turned over to Army Corps of Engineers on 2 February 1947. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA); deeded to municipality of Apalachicola and becoming a civil airport.

On 15 March 1964, a Blue Angels pilot was killed during an attempted emergency landing at Apalachicola Municipal Airport when his F-11A Tiger experienced difficulties while transiting from West Palm Beach, Florida back to the Blue Angels home base at NAS Pensacola, Florida. Lt. George L. Neale, 29, who flew in the Number Four slot position of the diamond formation, was returning from a demonstration at West Palm Beach with one other of the six team jets and an R5D Skymaster support plane when he radioed Tyndall Air Force Base, near Panama City, Florida, for emergency landing permission when he suffered mechanical problems S of Apalachicola. But, spotting the local airport, he attempted a landing there, ejecting on final approach at 1115 hrs. as the fighter came down ~250 yards short of the runway. Although he cleared the airframe at ~150–200 feet altitude, his chute did not have sufficient time to deploy and he was killed. He was survived by his wife Donna, of Pensacola, Florida, and his mother, Mrs. Katherine Neale, of Avalon, Pennsylvania. The Navy said that the cause of the accident was being investigated.

Facilities and aircraft

Apalachicola Regional Airport covers an area of 1,100 acres (445 ha) at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has three runways with concrete surfaces: Runway 6/24 is 5,271 by 150 feet (1,607 x 46 m); Runways 13/31 and 18/36 are both 5,251 by 150 feet (1,601 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 13, 2009, the airport had 24,375 aircraft operations, an average of 66 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% multi-engine.

Runway Information

Runway 06/24

Runway 13/31

Runway 18/36

Radio Navigation Aids

Based Aircraft

Operational Statistics

Apalachicola Municipal Airport  

Address: Franklin County, FL

Tel: 850-653-8861

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General Info
Country	United States
State	FLORIDA
FAA ID	AAF
Latitude	29-43-39.165N
Longitude	085-01-38.812W
Elevation	20 feet
Near City	APALACHICOLA

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