Roscoe Field
82J · Pensacola, Florida · Escambia County · map
Roscoe Field is a public-use airport owned by Brown Helicopter INC., 7 miles southwest of Pensacola, Florida, 32 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,225 feet of asphalt and grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
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What is the airport code for Roscoe Field?
Its FAA code is 82J.
Where is Roscoe Field?
It is 7 miles southwest of Pensacola, Florida, 32 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Roscoe Field?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,225 feet long, asphalt and grass.
Does Roscoe Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Roscoe Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Roscoe Field?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Skywarrior Flight Training LLC and Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Roscoe Field?
7 pilot examiners and 18 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 82J
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Brown Helicopter INC.
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,225 × 140 ft | Asphalt and grass, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 280 ft, trees 23 ft high 345 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 16 ft high 145 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Pensacola International (10 nm northeast), Gulf Shores Intl/Jack Edwards Field (18 nm west), Peter Prince Field (23 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Approach and departure north of the airport
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Thomas brown
- 24 hour fuel available.
- Runway lights 200 feet spacing using leds. Runway 18/36 marked with pavers and lights.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to displaced thld.
- 80 feet wrn ptn of runway is grass, 40 feet cntr ptn of runway is asphalt, 20 feet ern ptn is grass.
- Airport lies within 3 NM of nas Pensacola sherman field (npa).
- Frequent flight demonstrations and practice airshows at npa.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Pensacola from the FAA register
507 aircraft are registered to owners in Pensacola, Florida: 256 piston singles, 203 helicopters, 22 piston twins, 10 turboprops, 8 business jets. 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
Fuel and service companies in Pensacola, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Lee Aviation Services CO LLC Lee Flight Services is an aircraft rental operator based at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
- Lou Toth Aviation Services LLC
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 71 aircraft · Pensacola, 11 miles away
- Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC 5 aircraft · Pensacola, 11 miles away
- X-C Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · Pensacola, 11 miles away X-C Soaring Association is a flying club located in Walnut Hill, Florida that offers glider flying and flight instruction to members of all ages and experience levels.
Charter operators and airlines based in Pensacola:
- Aerocapital Flight Services, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Pensacola:
- Aerocapital USA LLC
- Helicopter Accessory Service East INC
- Skywarrior Avionics INC
- Ste Pensacola Aerospace INC
- Veracity Technology Solutions
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 5 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 18 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners, 4 administrative pilot examiners.
- Dennis Allan Sherwood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola Air · Pensacola, FL (10 nm) · (262) 914-1915 · [email protected]
- Douglas Dobson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola International Airport · Pensacola, FL (10 nm) · (850) 529-2727 · [email protected]
- Joseph Francis Cerwin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola, FL (10 nm) · (850) 512-2159 · [email protected]
- Lamar Anthony Childs instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Pensacola, FL (10 nm) · (850) 602-3319 · [email protected]
- Rogers Alden Porter instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · PENSACOLA AVIATION CENTER · Pensacola, FL (10 nm) · (850) 582-2459 · [email protected]
- Robert Burnet private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pray Aviation · Milton, FL (23 nm) · (850) 585-7040 · [email protected]
- Anthony Cresswell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Anthony Aviation LLC. - DPE Office3 · Destin, FL (45 nm) · (203) 631-9694 · [email protected]
All 53 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Pensacola 507 aircraft · 256 piston singles, 203 helicopters, 22 piston twins
- Brown Helicopter INC 195 aircraft in town
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 34 aircraft in town
- Skywarrior Flight Training INC 25 aircraft in town
- Vero Technical Support INC 14 aircraft in town
- Lee Aviation Services CO LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Lou Toth Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Aerocapital Flight Services, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Skywarrior Flight Training LLC 71 aircraft · flight school
- Pensacola Navy Flying Club INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- X-C Soaring Association INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Aerocapital USA LLC · repair station
- Helicopter Accessory Service East INC · repair station
- Skywarrior Avionics INC · repair station
- Ste Pensacola Aerospace INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 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 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/82J.json.
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 27, 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.