Keystone Heights Airport
42J · Keystone Heights, Florida · Clay County · map
Keystone Heights Airport is a public-use airport owned by Keystone Airport Authority, 3 miles north of Keystone Heights, Florida, 196 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,046 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 51 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 32,400 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Keystone Heights Airport?
Its FAA code is 42J.
Where is Keystone Heights Airport?
It is 3 miles north of Keystone Heights, Florida, 196 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Keystone Heights Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 05/23, is 5,046 feet long.
Does Keystone Heights Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Keystone Heights Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Keystone Heights Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: College of Missionary Aviation INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Keystone Heights Airport?
12 pilot examiners and 22 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Keystone Heights Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 42J
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Keystone Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 196 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,046 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 4,899 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 49 ft high 1,840 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 39 ft high 1,175 ft from the end
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 48 ft high 1,160 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure 10000 feet and below | 118.175 | |
| 42J AWOS-3 | 124.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 352-473-8273.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Gainesville Regional (15 nm southwest), Palatka Muni/Lt Kay Larkin Field (22 nm southeast), Cecil Airport (24 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Animals on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Sunset to sunrise activate runway end identifier lights runway 05, 23, and 11; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI operates continuously.
- Rstrd area 2903A 1.5 NM runway 23 end. Fly R traffic to avoid.
- Runways 11/29 rstrd by amgr to aircraft 12500 pounds gross weight or less.
- Runway 5/23 weight bearing capacity 2S-155.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 39 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 32,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,000 |
| general aviation, local | 15,000 |
| military | 900 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Keystone Heights from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Keystone Heights, Florida: 17 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- College of Missionary Aviation INC 5 aircraft · Keystone Heights College of Missionary Aviation is a flight school in Waldo, Florida that trains high school graduates to become missionary pilots and aircraft mechanics.
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 11 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 12 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 22 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 engineering representatives, 5 training center examiners, 9 administrative pilot examiners.
- Joshua Travis Donahue private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gainesville, FL (15 nm) · (860) 514-6061 · [email protected]
- Bruce Lyndon Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Palatka Municipal Airport · Palatka, FL (22 nm) · (904) 315-1605 · [email protected]
- Idalo Carlo Masi private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Citra, FL (26 nm) · (570) 885-0566 · [email protected]
- Jack Caldwell Lawrence private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AviAir LLC · Saint Augustine, FL (36 nm) · (904) 826-1735 · [email protected]
- Matthew Emerson Blythe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · JAX AERO · Jacksonville, FL (40 nm) · (904) 716-1090 · [email protected]
- Randal Lee Miner private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · CORPORATE AVIATION SERVICES, LLC · Jacksonville, FL (40 nm) · (904) 859-3667 · [email protected]
- Thomas Dowell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jacksonville, FL (40 nm) · (864) 238-2871 · [email protected]
- William Karl Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Acent Aviation · Jacksonville, FL (40 nm) · (757) 404-8285 · [email protected]
All 56 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Keystone Heights 19 aircraft · 17 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- College of Missionary Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- College of Missionary Aviation INC 5 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- 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/42J.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.