Palatka Muni/Lt Kay Larkin Field
28J · Palatka, Florida · Putnam County · map
Palatka Muni/Lt Kay Larkin Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Palatka, 2 miles northwest of Palatka, Florida, 48 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 28J
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Palatka
- Elevation
- 48 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 3,804 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 1,140 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 450 ft, 5,549 ft available for landing, trees 60 ft high 1,675 ft from the end
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 295 ft, trees 78 ft high 1,960 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 47 ft high 955 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure 10000 feet and below | 118.175 | |
| 28J AWOS-3 | 119.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 386-312-2212.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Palatka from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Palatka, Florida: 21 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 glider, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR operations only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09, 27, 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Wind cone circled concrete.
- Credit card fuel available 24 hours.
- Rstrd to aircraft 12500 LB gross weight or less.
- Preferred runway.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degrees left of centerline.
- Approach slp 37:1 to dthr.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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 5, 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.