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
- 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
- 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
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, 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
- Provide VFR/pvt use.
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.