Carrabelle–Thompson Airport (former Carrabelle Flight Strip) | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Carrabelle Port and Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Carrabelle, Florida | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°50′31″N084°42′04″W / 29.84194°N 84.70111°W /29.84194; -84.70111 | ||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Carrabelle–Thompson Airport (FAALID:X13) is a public useairport located three nautical miles (6 km) west of thecentral business district ofCarrabelle, a city inFranklin County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Carrabelle Port and Airport Authority.[1]
DuringWorld War II, the facility was built in 1943 by theUnited States Army Air Forces as aThird Air Force auxiliary landing field known asCarrabelle Flight Strip. During the war, it served as an auxiliary airfield, controlled byDale Mabry Army Airfield nearTallahassee. No permanent units were assigned to the airfield.
Turned over to civil use after the war, it is now a public airport providinggeneral aviation service.
Carrabelle–Thompson Airport covers an area of 202acres (82ha) at anelevation of 20 feet (6 m) abovemean sea level. It has onerunway designated 5/23 with anasphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 2, 2018, the airport had 4,261 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per week: 99%general aviation and <1%military.[1]
The airport has afixed-base operator.[2]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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