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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Naples Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Naples, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°09′09″N81°46′32″W / 26.15250°N 81.77556°W /26.15250; -81.77556 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | FlyNaples.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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Naples Airport (IATA:APF[2],ICAO:KAPF,FAALID:APF), formerly known asNaples Municipal Airport, is a public useairport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of thecentral business district ofNaples. It's the most populous city and county seat ofCollier County, Florida. It is owned by the Naples Airport Authority.[1] The airport is home to flight schools, air charter operators, car rental agencies, and corporate aviation and non-aviation businesses. The airport is also a central location for public services, including fire/rescue services, mosquito control, the Collier County Sheriff's Aviation Unit and other community services.[3]
During fiscal year 2021–2022, the airport serviced 113,137 operations.[1] The airport is used almost exclusively for general aviation, with one airline,JSX, offering scheduled passenger service as of 2025.
The facility was established in 1942 asNaples Army Air Field by theUnited States Army Air Forces.[3] It was initially assigned to the Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command), and provided basic (level 1) flight training to flight cadets by Embry-Riddle Co;Fairchild PT-19s were the primary trainers used. Along with the flight training, it was a sub-base toBuckingham Army Air Field for flexible gunnery training, which the75th Flying Training Wing supervised. It was inactivated as a military airfield in November 1945 and turned over to theWar Assets Administration for conveyance to civil control as a public airport.[4]
TheNaples Airdrome was returned to the city of Naples and Collier County in 1947, after the military deemed it no longer necessary.[3] The airport was managed by John Zate, a pilot and Naples resident.Provincetown-Boston Airlines began scheduled service toMiami International Airport in the 1950s, and managed the airport for several years until a municipalairport authority was created in 1969. Also in 1969 the eye of Tropical Storm Jenny passed through the bottom left wing and top left wing of the airport and cause over $10,000+ in damage.[3][5] The airport also historically had scheduled service toOrlando,Tampa,St. Pete–Clearwater, Miami andKey West under PBA in the late 1970s.[6] Traffic at the airport peaked in 1980, when more than 195,000 passengers used the airport, but fell in the mid-1980s due to the opening of the much largerSouthwest Florida International Airport in nearbyFort Myers.[6] The airport code APF derives from "alternate Page Field" - which is a reference toPage Field in Fort Myers.[7]
The airport experienced a rebound in traffic during the mid-1990s, with 173,000 passengers and seven airlines in 1995.[6] Passenger numbers dipped whenAmerican Eagle ceased scheduled service toMiami in 2001, and dipped even further following theSeptember 11, 2001, attacks.[8] In 2003,US Airways Express ceased its service from Naples to Tampa.[9]Atlantic Southeast Airlines operatedDelta Connection flights between Naples andAtlanta from 2004 to 2007 with a revenue guarantee from the city, but ended the service after retiring its fleet of 30-seat aircraft, again leaving the airport without scheduled service.[10]Yellow Air Taxi had flights toFort Lauderdale andKey West, but the service was ended in December 2008.[11]Elite Airways also began scheduled service to the airport in February 2016, with flights toPortland (ME),Newark,Vero Beach, andMelbourne (FL),[12][13] but ended in March 2017 due to low passenger counts.[14]
In December 2018, the airport authority changed the facility's name from Naples Municipal Airport to Naples Airport. They also changed the airport's logo to a more modern one.[15][16]
Naples Airport covers an area of 732acres (296ha) at anelevation of 8 feet (2.4 m) abovemean sea level. It has twoasphalt pavedrunways: 05/23 measuring 6,600 by 150 feet (2,012 by 46 m) and 14/32 measuring 5,000 by 100 ft (1,524 by 30 m). It also has oneturf runway designated SW/NE which measures 1,850 by 100 ft (564 by 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2022, the airport had 113,137 aircraft operations, an average of 260 per day: 85.3%general aviation, 14.4%air taxi, 0.2%military and 0.1%airline. At that time, there were 304 aircraft based at this airport: 62.2% single-engine, 17.1% multi-engine, 15.1%jet and 5.6%helicopter.[1]
The airport has two terminals: the North Road Terminal and theGeneral Aviation Terminal.Charter airlines like ExecAir and NetJets and car rental agencies are located in the North Road Terminal. There is also a military museum with WWII artifacts and memorabilia. The car rental agencies offered areHertz,Avis,Enterprise,Thrifty andAlamo. The General Aviation Terminal is a two-story terminal used for personal flights, and also houses car rental agencies.[17]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| JSX | Seasonal:White Plains[21] |
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