Plantation Key
42FL · Marathon, Florida · Monroe County · map
Plantation Key is a private airfield, 12 miles southwest of Marathon, Florida, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 42FL
- Kind
- Airfield · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Friday to Monday, irregular hours
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1981
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09W/27W | 6,600 × 3,300 ft | Water |
- Runway 09W: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Marathon from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Marathon, Florida: 33 piston singles, 8 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. Not every one of them is based at this airfield; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airfield 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 airfield NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airfield.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR; private use only.
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.