Safar Seaplane Base
97FA · Palatka, Florida · Putnam County · map
Safar Seaplane Base is a private seaplane base, 4 miles south of Palatka, Florida, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 97FA
- Kind
- Seaplane base · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2025
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 4,000 × 200 ft | Water, fair |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Palatka Muni/Lt Kay Larkin Field (4 nm northwest), Flagler Executive (24 nm east), Keystone Heights Airport (26 nm northwest), St. Augustine Airport (27 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Palatka Muni/Lt Kay Larkin Field (4 nm northwest), Flagler Executive (24 nm east), Keystone Heights Airport (26 nm northwest), St. Augustine Airport (27 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Palatka from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Palatka, Florida: 21 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 glider, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Palatka 25 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 gliders
- Putnam County Sheriffs Office 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 983 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 21,706 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/97FA.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 28, 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.