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Naples Municipal Airport 
Aerial photo as of 14 February 1999 IATA: APF – ICAO: KAPF – FAA LID: APF Summary 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′31″W / 26.1525°N 81.77528°W Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 5,290 1,612 Asphalt 14/32 5,000 1,524 Asphalt SW/NE 1,850 564 Turf Statistics (2009) Aircraft operations 129,731 Based aircraft 396 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] 
Naples MAPLocation of Naples Municipal Airport, FloridaNaples Municipal Airport (IATA: APF, ICAO: KAPF, FAA LID: APF) is a public airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Naples, a city in Collier County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of Naples Airport Authority.[1] The airport provides space for general aviation, as well as mosquito control and, Med Flight Collier (EMS Helicopters).
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Facilities and aircraft
Naples Municipal Airport covers an area of 732 acres (296 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 5,290 x 150 ft (1,612 x 46 m) and 14/32 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m). It also has one turf runway designated SW/NE which measures 1,850 x 100 ft (564 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2009, the airport had 129,731 aircraft operations, an average of 355 per day: 91% general aviation, 8% air taxi, 1% scheduled commercial and <1% military. At that time there were 396 aircraft based at this airport: 65% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 9% jet and 4% helicopter.[1]
Airlines
Airlines Destinations Gulf Coast Airways Key West [2] History
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. Inactivated on 1 November 1945, being turned over to the War Assets Administration for conveyance to civil control as a public airport.
Provincetown-Boston Airlines began scheduled service to Miami International Airport in the 1950s, and managed the airport for several years until a municipal airport authority was created in 1969.[3]
Although the airport served more than 100,000 passengers per year through 2000, geographic factors limited its capacity, and the opening of the much larger Southwest Florida International Airport in nearby Fort Myers drew medium-haul traffic away from Naples. Passenger numbers dipped when American Eagle ceased scheduled Miami service in 2001, and dipped even further following the September 11, 2001 attacks[4] Scheduled airline service to Naples ended in 2003 when US Airways Express ceased service to Tampa International Airport.[5]
Accidents and incidents
- On 10 September 1985, a Douglas DC-3 of Collier County Mosquito Control District crashed at East Naples whilst on approach to Naples Municipal Airport following an engine failure. The aircraft was on agricultural duties at the time.[6]
See also
- Florida World War II Army Airfields
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.- Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
- Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for APF (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-10-22
- ^ http://www.flynaples.com/images/docs/gulfcoast_airways-info.pdf
- ^ http://www.flynaples.com/index.php/naples-municipal-airport-apf/airport-history
- ^ http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/04/State/Wanted__Airline__plea.shtml
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WTEMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V14DAAAAIBAJ&dq=naples%20municipal%20airport&pg=2761%2C153255
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850910-0. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
External links
- Naples Municipal Airport (official site)
- Yellow Air Taxi
- Naples Airlines, featuring vintage photos
- Naples Municipal AirportPDF (1.00 MiB) brochure from CFASPP (April 2005)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- FAA Terminal Procedures for APF, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KAPF
- ASN accident history for APF
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KAPF
- FAA current APF delay information
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Technical Training Eastern Technical Training Command · Central Technical Training Command · Western Technical Training CommandCategories:- 1943 establishments
- Airports in Florida
- USAAF Southeast Training Center
- USAAF Gunnery School
- USAAF Contract Flying School Airfields
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Florida
- Transportation in Collier County, Florida
- Buildings and structures in Collier County, Florida
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