Lake Henderson Tsala Apopka Chain Of Lakes Seaplane Base
18FL · Inverness, Florida · Citrus County · map
Lake Henderson Tsala Apopka Chain Of Lakes Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 2 miles northeast of Inverness, Florida, 38 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 18FL
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 38 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2026
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,700 × 200 ft | Water, fair |
- Runway 04: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Inverness Airport (2 nm south), Crystal River/Davis Field (14 nm west), Marion County (14 nm north), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (21 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Inverness Airport (2 nm south), Crystal River/Davis Field (14 nm west), Marion County (14 nm north), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (21 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Inverness from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Inverness, Florida: 23 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 helicopters, 2 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Inverness, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Inverness 31 aircraft · 23 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 helicopters
- Right Rudder Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Citrus County Sheriffs Office 2 aircraft in town
- Franklin Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/18FL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.