Manatee Airport
48X · Palmetto, Florida · Manatee County · map
Manatee Airport is a public-use airport owned by Dfm Properties, LLC, 7 miles northeast of Palmetto, Florida, 27 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,120 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Manatee Airport?
Its FAA code is 48X.
Where is Manatee Airport?
It is 7 miles northeast of Palmetto, Florida, 27 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Manatee Airport?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,120 feet long, grass.
Does Manatee Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Manatee Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Manatee Airport?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Tampa Bay Flying Club LLC and St Pete Aviation Services LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Manatee Airport?
20 pilot examiners and 21 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 Manatee Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 48X
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Dfm Properties, LLC
- Elevation
- 27 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,120 × 100 ft | Grass, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 38 ft high 745 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Albert Whitted Airport (9 nm northwest), Sarasota/Bradenton International (15 nm south), Peter O Knight Airport (17 nm north), St. Pete-Clearwater International (18 nm northwest).
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
- Birds, wildlife and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Fuel available daily sunrise to sunset.
- Runway 07 and 25 thlds marked by 3 green lights and 1 bucket on each side of runway.
- Runway 07 and 25 edges marked by pails on each side of runway.
- Aircraft hngrs 135 feet L of centerline first half of runway 07. Aircraft parked 135 feet R of centerline first 1/3 of runway 25.
- Runway 07/25 first 500 feet east end soft after heavy seasonal rains.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Palmetto from the FAA register
33 aircraft are registered to owners in Palmetto, Florida: 28 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider, 1 business jet. 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:
- Tampa Bay Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Palmetto Tampa Bay Flying Club is a flying club based at Manatee Airport in Palmetto, Florida.
- St Pete Aviation Services LLC 21 aircraft · Saint Petersburg, 11 miles away St Pete Air is a flight school and aircraft rental company based at Albert Whitted Airport in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
- Rialto Christian Flyers Club INC 2 aircraft · Bradenton, 11 miles away
- Aero Club Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · Apollo Beach, 11 miles away The Florida Aero Club is a non-profit flying club founded in 1954 with nine chapters across Florida.
- Coastal Flight Instruction LLC 1 aircraft · St Petersburg, 11 miles away Coastal Flight Instruction LLC is a flight school based in St.
- Hawk Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Petersburg, 11 miles away Hawk Aviation Academy LLC is a flight school in central Minnesota that has been operating since 1999.
- L & R Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Bradenton, 11 miles away
- Sportcruiser Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Petersburg, 11 miles away
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
20 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 20 for private pilot, 20 for commercial and instrument, 12 for airline transport pilot, 19 for flight instructor, 7 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 18 for airplanes, 14 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 21 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 5 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 47 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 4 training center examiners, 5 administrative pilot examiners.
- Anthony Manuel Gallegos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · The Pilot Place · Sarasota, FL (15 nm) · (863) 303-2839 · [email protected]
- Mark Alan Ducorsky private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Sarasota-Cirrus Aviation (SRQ) · Sarasota, FL (15 nm) · (630) 215-8057 · [email protected]
- Matthew Eichel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Sarasota, FL (15 nm) · (817) 230-4148 · [email protected]
- Thomas James Norton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes · Sarasota, FL (15 nm) · (407) 951-2901 · [email protected]
- James Andrew Moseley private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Tampa Bay Executive Airport · Tampa Bay, FL (19 nm) · (618) 334-2299 · [email protected]
- Jose Singer Riquelme private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Global Pilot Academy · Tampa, FL (20 nm) · (813) 525-1579 · [email protected]
- Zachary Taylor private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Tampa, FL (20 nm) · (727) 798-5554 · [email protected]
- Steven Markhoff private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Clearwater, FL (24 nm) · (214) 243-3411 · [email protected]
All 113 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 16 since 1982, 1 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 Palmetto 33 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Pentair LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Tampa Bay Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Tampa Bay Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- St Pete Aviation Services LLC 21 aircraft · flight school
- Rialto Christian Flyers Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 1 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 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/48X.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 26, 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.