Costin Airport
A51 · Port St Joe, Florida · Gulf County · map
Costin Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles south of Port St Joe, Florida, 13 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,230 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA A51
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,230 × 65 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 660 ft, trees 63 ft high 635 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 1,000 ft, trees 43 ft high 185 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Port St Joe from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Port St Joe, Florida: 3 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR use only.
- 550' radio tower located 1 1/2 miles north of airport.
- Airport phys ads 167 cessna drive, Port state Joe, FL 32456.
- The FBO (fixed-base operator)
- Runway 18/36 marked with white pvc pipes.
- Runway 18 approach ratio 25:1 to dthr.
- Runway 36 approach ratio 23:1 to dthr.
- North 1000 feet soft and sandy.
- South 1000 feet soft and sandy.
- No touch and go landings.
- WTR-FILLED ditch 60 feet west of runway.
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.