Spruce Creek Airport

29°04′49″N 081°02′48″W / 29.08028°N 81.04667°W / 29.08028; -81.04667

Spruce Creek Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Owner/OperatorSpruce Creek Prop. Owners Assoc. Inc.
ServesDaytona Beach, Florida
LocationPort Orange, Florida
Elevation AMSL24 ft / 7 m
Coordinates29°04′49″N 081°02′48″W / 29.08028°N 81.04667°W / 29.08028; -81.04667
Websitehttp://www.airport7fl6.com
Map
Spruce Creek Airport
Spruce Creek Airport
Spruce Creek Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations25,000
Based aircraft438

Spruce Creek Airport (FAA LID: 7FL6) is a private airport located in Port Orange, seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Daytona Beach, in Volusia County, Florida, United States.[1] It was originally constructed during World War II as an outlying field (OLF) to nearby Naval Air Station DeLand and NAS Daytona Beach. OLF Spruce Creek originally had four paved 4,000-foot runways and was abandoned by the U.S. Navy in 1946.

Facilities and aircraft

The Spruce Creek Airport covers an area of 1,350 acres (550 ha), which contains one asphalt-paved runway (6/24) measuring 4,000 ft × 176 ft (1,219 m × 54 m). For a 12-month period the airport had 25,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day. There are 438 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 31% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7FL6 PDF, effective 2007-10-25
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