St. Augustine Airport

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Coordinates: 29°57′33″N 081°20′23″W / 29.95917, -81.33972

St. Augustine Airport
IATA: UST – ICAO: KSGJ – FAA: SGJ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		St. Augustine Airport Authority
Location		St. Augustine, Florida
Elevation AMSL		10 ft / 3 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2/20	2,614	797	Asphalt
6/24	2,701	823	Asphalt
13/31	7,996	2,437	Asphalt
12W/30W	5,000	1,524	Water
17W/35W	12,000	3,658	Water
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			126,587
Based aircraft			323
Source: FAA^[1] and airport website^[2]

St. Augustine Airport (IATA: UST, ICAO: KSGJ, FAA LID: SGJ) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) north of the central business district of St. Augustine, in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. It is is publicly owned by St. Augustine Airport Authority. ^[1]

The airport was left without commercial service after Skybus announced it would cease operations effective April 4, 2008.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, St. Augustine Airport is assigned SGJ by the FAA and UST by the IATA (which assigned SGJ to Sagarai, Papua New Guinea). The airport's ICAO identifier is KSGJ. ^[3] ^[4]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

St. Augustine Airport covers an area of 668 acres (270 ha) which contains three runways and two seaplane lanes:^[1]^[2]

2/20: 2,614 x 75 ft. (797 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
6/24: 2,701 x 60 ft. (823 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt
13/31: 7,996 x 150 ft. (2,437 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
12W/30W: 5,000 x 1,000 ft. (1,524 x 305 m), Surface: Water
17W/35W: 12,000 x 1,000 ft. (3,658 x 305 m), Surface: Water

For 12-month period ending June 30, 2005, the airport had 126,587 aircraft operations, an average of 346 per day: 90% general aviation, 6% military, 4% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 323 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single engine, 22% military, 8% multi-engine, 4% jet aircraft, 3% helicopters and <1% ultralights.^[1]

Passenger Service:

DayJet (nonstop service to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery with more nonstop cities being added)