Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 30°36′43″N 081°27′40″W / 30.61194, -81.46111

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: 55J
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Fernandina Beach
Location		Fernandina Beach, Florida
Elevation AMSL		16 ft / 5 m
Website		FernandinaBeachFL.org/...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	5,300	1,615	Asphalt
8/26	5,001	1,524	Concrete
13/31	5,152	1,570	Asphalt
Statistics (2000)
Aircraft operations			47,000
Based aircraft			68
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 55J) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Fernandina Beach, a city in Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of Fernandina Beach.^[1]

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport was developed as a training facility by the United States Navy during World War II. The airport was transferred to the City of Fernandina Beach in 1944. It is a designated general aviation reliever airport for Jacksonville International Airport.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport covers an area of 602 acres (244 ha) which contains three paved runways^[1]:

Runway 4/22: 5,300 x 100 ft. (1,615 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 8/26: 5,001 x 100 ft. (1,524 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete
Runway 13/31: 5,152 x 100 ft. (1,570 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2000, the airport had 47,000 aircraft operations, an average of 128 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. There are 68 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 4% ultralight and 3% helicopter.^[1]