Naples Municipal Airport
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Naples Municipal Airport (formerly Naples Army Airfield) |
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| 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′32″W / 26.15250°N 81.77556°WCoordinates: 26°09′09″N 081°46′32″W / 26.15250°N 81.77556°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.FlyNaples.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 84,339 |
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| Based aircraft (2016) | 363 |
Naples Municipal Airport (IATA: APF, ICAO: KAPF, FAA LID: APF) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Naples, the most populous city and county seat of Collier County, Florida. It is owned by the City of Naples Airport Authority. The airport provides space for general aviation, as well as mosquito control and Med Flight Collier (EMS Helicopters).
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,316 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 514 enplanements in 2009, and 581 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year) based on enplanements in 2008, but it is a general aviation facility based on enplanements in 2009 and 2010.
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, which the 75th Flying Training Wing supervised. Inactivated on November 1, 1945, being turned over to the War Assets Administration for conveyance to civil control as a public airport.
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