| New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport Jack Bolt Field |
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| IATA: none – ICAO: KEVB – FAA LID: EVB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | City of New Smyrna Beach | ||
| Serves | New Smyrna Beach, Florida | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 2/20 | 4,000 | 1,219 | Asphalt |
| 7/25 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 4,319 | 1,316 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2002) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 140,554 | ||
| Based aircraft | 159 | ||
| Source: FAA[1], airport website[2] | |||
New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (ICAO: KEVB, FAA LID: EVB), also known as Jack Bolt Field[2], is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of New Smyrna Beach, a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of New Smyrna Beach.[1] The fixed base operator on field, Epic Aviation, offers flight training.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, New Smyrna Beach Municipal is assigned EVB by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
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Prior to World War II, the present airport site was home to both a golf course and a grass airstrip. In 1942, the site was taken over by the U.S. Navy and the present paved runway complex constructed. Designated as Outlying Field New Smyrna Beach, it operated as an auxiliary field to advanced naval flight training operations being conducted at nearby Naval Air Station Daytona Beach, NAS Sanford and NAS DeLand. In 1947, OLF New Smyrna Beach was decommissioned and the facility conveyed back to the City of New Smryna Beach for use as a civilian airport.
New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport covers an area of 769 acres (311 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways[1][2]:
For the 12-month period ending May 7, 2002, the airport had 140,554 aircraft operations, an average of 385 per day: 99.6% general aviation, 0.3% air taxi and <0.1% military. There are 159 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 2% helicopter.[1]
On 1 August 1980, Douglas R4D N45864 crashed at New Smyrna Beach, Florida shortly after take-off on a ferry flight to Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba. The unqualified pilot had been drinking.[4]