Ames Field
6FL8 · Trenton, Florida · Levy County · map
Ames Field is a private airport, 3 miles southwest of Trenton, Florida, 64 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,600 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6FL8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 64 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unatnnd
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,600 × 75 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 80 ft, fence on the approach
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 105 ft, fence on the approach
Aircraft registered in Trenton from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Trenton, Florida: 5 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR operations only, traffic ptns east of runway.
- Landing by invitation only, prior permission required.
- 18/36 displaced thresholds marked with 3 tires painted white perpendicular to centerline.
- 18/36 marked with tires painted white.
- Approach ratio 20:1 from displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 26:1 from displaced threshold.
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.