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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | Bill J. Haynes | ||||||||||
| Serves | Trenton, Florida | ||||||||||
| Location | Levy County, Florida | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 64 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°35′15″N 082°52′16″W / 29.58750°N 82.87111°W | ||||||||||
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  6FL8 Location of airport in Florida  6FL8 6FL8 (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Ames Field ( FAA LID: 6FL8, formerly 8J2) is a private use airport in Levy County, Florida, United States. [1] [2] It is located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Trenton, [1] [2] a city in Gilchrist County. It is owned by Bill J. Haynes. [1] It used to be a public use airport owned by Alicia Ames Steele. [2] [3]
Facilities and aircraft
Ames Field covers an area of 70 acres (28 ha) at an elevation of 64 feet (20 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a turf surface measuring 2,600 by 75 feet (792 x 23 m). [1]
For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2001, the airport had 1,200 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 100 per month. [2] [3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for 6FL8 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "8J2: Ames Field". AirNav. Federal Aviation Administration. April 10, 2008. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Ames Field" ( PDF). FDOT, Continuing Florida Aviation System Planning Process (CFASPP). April 2005.
External links
- Aerial image as of December 1998 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 6FL8
- AirNav airport information for 6FL8
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 6FL8