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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Cross City Airport (13 nm west), Williston Regional (25 nm southeast), Gainesville Regional (32 nm east), Lake City Gateway Airport (39 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cross City Airport (13 nm west), Williston Regional (25 nm southeast), Gainesville Regional (32 nm east), Lake City Gateway Airport (39 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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 Trenton 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 gliders
- 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 21,712 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6FL8.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.