Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport Explained

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport
Icao:KFHB
Faa:FHB
Type:Public
Owner:City of Fernandina Beach
City-Served:Fernandina Beach, Florida
Elevation-F:16
Elevation-M:5
Coordinates:30.6119°N -81.4611°W
Website:www.fbfl.us/...
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:5,301
R1-Length-M:1,616
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:13/31
R2-Length-F:5,152
R2-Length-M:1,570
R2-Surface:Asphalt
R3-Number:8/26
R3-Length-F:5,000
R3-Length-M:1,524
R3-Surface:Concrete
Stat-Year:2018
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 2/7/2018)
Stat1-Data:47,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:69
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located on Amelia Island three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Fernandina Beach, a city in Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is designated as a reliever airport for Jacksonville International Airport.[2]

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport was developed as a training facility by the United States Navy during World War II, serving as Outlying Field Fernadina Beach (OLF Fernadina Beach) to the Naval Air Station Jacksonville complex. The airport was transferred to the City of Fernandina Beach in 1946 and is designated as a general aviation reliever airport for Jacksonville International Airport. It is occasionally used as a practice airfield by U.S. Navy helicopters from NAS Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport and by U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Army National Guard helicopters from Cecil Field.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport covers an area of 848acres at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has three paved runways: 4/22 is 5,301 by 100 feet (1,616 x 30 m); 13/31 is 5,152 by 100 feet (1,570 x 30 m); 9/27 is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending February 7, 2018, the airport had 47,000 aircraft operations, an average of 129 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 69 aircraft based at this airport: 63 single-engine, and 6 multi-engine.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 13 July 2023
  2. http://www.fbfl.us/index.aspx?NID=67 Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport: History
  3. http://www.fbfl.us/index.aspx?NID=66 Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport