Defuniak Springs Airport
54J · Defuniak Springs, Florida · Walton County · map
Defuniak Springs Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of de Funiak Springs, 2 miles west of Defuniak Springs, Florida, 289 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 4,146 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 34 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 17,800 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 54J
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of de Funiak Springs
- Elevation
- 289 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1946
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,146 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 2,700 × 60 ft | Dirt, fair |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 6 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 605 ft, rr 28 ft high 475 ft from the end
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 165 ft, power line 34 ft high 933 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 400 ft, trees 26 ft high 1,280 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.05 | |
| 54J AWOS-3P | 118.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 850-892-0147.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,800, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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Aircraft registered in Defuniak Springs from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Defuniak Springs, Florida: 11 piston singles, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 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 only.
- Activate PAPI runway 9 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Fence 6FT tall, 200 feet bfr aer, 160 feet right of centerline.
- Unlighted fence and road 160 feet south of centerline penetrates approach surface.
- White pvc pipe every 200 feet.
- White pvc pipe every 200 feet.
- Public road 15FT tall, 200 feet before aer 185 feet right of centerline.
- Runway 27 approach slope 24:1 to dthr.
- Trees obstruction LN of sight between runway 09 and 36 and runway 27 and 36. Runway 09 and 27 LN of sight obstruction due to runway 09 up slope.
- Runway safety area east of runway 18/36.
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.