Naples Municipal Airport

Naples Municipal Airport
Naples Municipal Airport
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Naples Municipal Airport FL 14 Feb 1999.jpg
Aerial photo as of 14 February 1999
IATA: APFICAO: KAPFFAA LID: APF
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Naples Airport Authority
Serves Naples, Florida
Elevation AMSL 8 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 26°09′09″N 081°46′31″W / 26.1525°N 81.77528°W / 26.1525; -81.77528
Website www.flynaples.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,290 1,612 Asphalt
14/32 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
SW/NE 1,850 564 Turf
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 129,731
Based aircraft 396
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Naples MAP is located in Florida
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Naples MAP
Location of Naples Municipal Airport, Florida

Naples Municipal Airport (IATA: APFICAO: KAPFFAA LID: APF) is a public airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Naples, a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of Naples Airport Authority.[1] The airport provides space for general aviation, as well as mosquito control and, Med Flight Collier (EMS Helicopters).

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Facilities and aircraft

Naples Municipal Airport covers an area of 732 acres (296 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 5,290 x 150 ft (1,612 x 46 m) and 14/32 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m). It also has one turf runway designated SW/NE which measures 1,850 x 100 ft (564 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2009, the airport had 129,731 aircraft operations, an average of 355 per day: 91% general aviation, 8% air taxi, 1% scheduled commercial and <1% military. At that time there were 396 aircraft based at this airport: 65% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 9% jet and 4% helicopter.[1]

Airlines

Airlines Destinations
Gulf Coast Airways Key West [2]

History

Established in 1942 as Naples Army Airfield by the United States Army Air Forces. Assigned initially to the Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command). Provided basic (level 1) flight training to flight cadets by Embry-Riddle Co; Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainer used. Along with the flight training, was a sub-base to Buckingham Army Airfield for flexible gunnery training. Inactivated on 1 November 1945, being turned over to the War Assets Administration for conveyance to civil control as a public airport.

Provincetown-Boston Airlines began scheduled service to Miami International Airport in the 1950s, and managed the airport for several years until a municipal airport authority was created in 1969.[3]

Although the airport served more than 100,000 passengers per year through 2000, geographic factors limited its capacity, and the opening of the much larger Southwest Florida International Airport in nearby Fort Myers drew medium-haul traffic away from Naples. Passenger numbers dipped when American Eagle ceased scheduled Miami service in 2001, and dipped even further following the September 11, 2001 attacks[4] Scheduled airline service to Naples ended in 2003 when US Airways Express ceased service to Tampa International Airport.[5]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 10 September 1985, a Douglas DC-3 of Collier County Mosquito Control District crashed at East Naples whilst on approach to Naples Municipal Airport following an engine failure. The aircraft was on agricultural duties at the time.[6]

See also

  • Florida World War II Army Airfields

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  • Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  • Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for APF (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-10-22
  2. ^ http://www.flynaples.com/images/docs/gulfcoast_airways-info.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.flynaples.com/index.php/naples-municipal-airport-apf/airport-history
  4. ^ http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/04/State/Wanted__Airline__plea.shtml
  5. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WTEMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V14DAAAAIBAJ&dq=naples%20municipal%20airport&pg=2761%2C153255
  6. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850910-0. Retrieved 27 July 2010. 

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