Spruce Creek Airport

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.

Spruce Creek Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Owner/OperatorSpruce Creek Prop. Owners Assoc. Inc.
ServesDaytona Beach, Florida
LocationPort Orange, Florida
Elevation AMSL24 ft / 7 m
Websitehttp://www.airport7fl6.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations25,000
Based aircraft438

Facilities and aircraft

The Spruce Creek Airport covers an area of 1,350 acres (550 ha), which contains one asphalt-paved runway (6/24) measuring 4,000 × 176 ft (1,219 × 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]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for 7FL6 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
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