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Blackwater Landing Airport

58FL · Gainesville, Florida · Alachua County · map

Blackwater Landing Airport is a private airport, 8 miles southwest of Gainesville, Florida, 78 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 800 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 58FL
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
78 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Jacksonville sectional
In the FAA's files since
April 2026

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1129N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
11/29800 × 60 ftGrass, fair

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: Gainesville Regional (10 nm northeast), Williston Regional (13 nm south), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (24 nm south), Keystone Heights Airport (25 nm northeast).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Gainesville Regional (10 nm northeast), Williston Regional (13 nm south), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (24 nm south), Keystone Heights Airport (25 nm northeast).

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.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Gainesville from the FAA register

156 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Florida: 97 piston singles, 30 business jets, 13 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 5 gliders. 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:

Gulf Atlantic Airways INC 14Gainesville Aircraft Sales INC 10Altair Aircraft LLC 9Bravo Xray LLC 3Alachua County Sheriffs Office 3Venus USA LLC 2University Athletic Association INC 2Sky Chiefs Aviation LLC 2Moses and Associates INC 2Collier Companies Aviation LLC 2

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

Fuel and service companies in Gainesville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Blue Skies Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Gainesville, 11 miles away Blue Skies Flight Training is a Part 61 flight school operating out of Williston Regional Airport near Gainesville, Florida.
  • Gville Flyers I LLC 1 aircraft · Gainesville, 11 miles away Gville Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida.

Charter operators and airlines based in Gainesville:

Repair stations in Gainesville:

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.

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/58FL.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 30, 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.