Spruce Creek Airport
29°04′49″N 081°02′48″W / 29.08028°N 81.04667°W
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Spruce Creek Prop. Owners Assoc. Inc. | ||||||||||
Serves | Daytona Beach, Florida | ||||||||||
Location | Port Orange, Florida | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 24 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 29°04′49″N 081°02′48″W / 29.08028°N 81.04667°W | ||||||||||
Website | http://www.airport7fl6.com | ||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7FL6 PDF, effective 2007-10-25
External links
[edit]- Pictures and Views of the Spruce Creek Fly-In Community
- Community Information website
- News and Activities website
- Spruce Creek German Language Website
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 7FL6
- AirNav airport information for 7FL6
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 7FL6
- Spruce Creek Fly-In History
- Spruce Creek Community, history and origins