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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

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
On the chart: New Orleans sectional
In the FAA's files since: June 2003

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

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

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:

Airplane Services INC 4

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Brewton Municipal 12J · 13 nm northeast Atmore Municipal 0R1 · 15 nm northwest Peter Prince Field 2R4 · 18 nm southeast Pensacola International PNS · 24 nm south Roscoe Field 82J · 30 nm south Zoltak Landing Airport 50FL · 2 nm southwest · private Navy Outlying Field Site X Heliport NSX · 4 nm southeast · private Griswold Airport 8FL9 · 5 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.