Drake Ranch Airport
7FD2 · Hernando, Florida · Marion County · map
Drake Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Drake Ranch Partnership, 6 miles northeast of Hernando, Florida, 50 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 2,100 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 7FD2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Drake Ranch Partnership
- Elevation
- 50 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1988
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,100 × 100 ft | Grass | |
| 16/34 | 2,000 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 06: trees 60 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 60 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 16: trees 60 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 34: trees 60 ft high 10 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: Marion County (5 nm northwest), Inverness Airport (11 nm south), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (12 nm northeast), Crystal River/Davis Field (15 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Marion County (5 nm northwest), Inverness Airport (11 nm south), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (12 nm northeast), Crystal River/Davis Field (15 nm southwest).
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
- Provide VFR/pvt use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Hernando from the FAA register
59 aircraft are registered to owners in Hernando, Florida: 54 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fly Dynasty CORP 4 aircraft · Ocala, 14 miles away Fly Dynasty Training Center is a flight school in Ocala, Florida that provides pilot training from zero experience to commercial pilot certification.
- Prp Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Ocala, 14 miles away PRP Aviation is a flight school and aircraft services company based in Ocala, Florida.
- Sunrise Aero INC 3 aircraft · Ocala, 14 miles away Sunrise Aviation is a flight school in Albert Lea, Minnesota that offers accelerated and hourly pilot training courses.
- Cap Flyers Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · Ocala, 14 miles away Sun Country Aero Club is a member-owned, non-profit flying club based at Ocala International Airport (KOCF) in Florida since 1987.
- Coconut Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Ocala, 14 miles away
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hernando 59 aircraft · 54 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 helicopters
- Rebr Holdings LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Fly Dynasty CORP 4 aircraft · flight school
- Prp Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Sunrise Aero INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- 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/7FD2.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.