Buchanan Airport
56FL · Jay, Florida · Santa Rosa County · map
Buchanan Airport is a private airport, 5 miles southwest of Jay, Florida, 246 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,900 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 56FL
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 246 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- June 2003
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,900 × 200 ft | Grass | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 20: power line 30 ft high 75 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Brewton Municipal (13 nm northeast), Peter Prince Field (18 nm southeast), Pensacola International (24 nm south), Roscoe Field (30 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Brewton Municipal (13 nm northeast), Atmore Municipal (15 nm northwest), Peter Prince Field (18 nm southeast), Pensacola International (24 nm south).
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
- Provided VFR operations prvt use. Maintain operating aggreement with odoms flying service, wells flying service, and Jay flying service airports.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights due to intensity.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Jay from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Jay, Florida: 10 piston singles. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jay 10 aircraft · 10 piston singles
- Airplane Services INC 4 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 982 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 21,709 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/56FL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.