Keystone Heights Airport - Keystone Heights, Florida - Airports on Waymarking.com

The area comprises 2,505 acres, with 297 acres zoned for an industrial business park. The AWOS System is installed and fully operational.

Keystone Heights Airpark, constructed in 1942 as Crystal Lake Airfield, was commissioned in December 1942 as Keystone Army Airfield. The The city of Keystone Heights/Keystone Airpark Authority owns and operates the Keystone Airpark. The Airpark serves the aviation needs of Clay, Bradford, and portions of Alachua Counties. In November 2001, the Authority authorized a Notice-to-Proceed to Earth Tech Consulting, Inc. to prepare an Airport Master Plan Update for the Airpark. Funding for the Airport Master Plan Update was obtained through a 90 percent grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP), with 5 percent of the funds from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and the remaining 5 percent of the funds from the Authority.

Sharing the North border of the Airpark is Camp Blanding, the Florida National Guard Reservation and "Fly through History" Military Museum and Memorial Park. This museum is dedicated to the World war II units that trained there during the early 1940's.

Keystone Heights Airpark employs one full-time clerk and two part-time maintenance workers. The airport is home to fixed wing as well as helicopter flight training schools; a skilled driving school, the European Rally and Performance Driving School; an aluminum manufacturing company; REDD Team Manufacturing; and an FAA certified airframe and power plant mechanic. The businesses located on airport property employ approximately 80 people.
City of Keystone Heights acquired the property from the federal government in 1947.

They currently have three 10-unit T-hangars and bulk storage and are planning the construction of another 10-unit T-hangar in the near future.

Their FBO terminal building includes a pilot lounge, flight planning area, restroom with showers, vending machines and a conference room.

The Keystone Heights Airport has an approved aerobatic box. It is not uncommon to see both world and national champions and students using the box at any given time.

For more information call or see the website below:
(352) 473-8273
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Type: Municipal ICAO Airport Code: K42J IATA Airport Code: 42J FAA Identifier: 42J

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