Wauchula Municipal
CHN · KCHN · Wauchula, Florida · Hardee County · map
Wauchula Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wauchula, 5 miles southwest of Wauchula, Florida, 108 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 20 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Wauchula Municipal?
Its FAA code is CHN, and its ICAO code is KCHN.
Where is Wauchula Municipal?
It is 5 miles southwest of Wauchula, Florida, 108 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Wauchula Municipal?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,005 feet long, asphalt.
Does Wauchula Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wauchula Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Wauchula Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Wauchula Aero Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wauchula Municipal?
23 pilot examiners and 17 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 CHN · ICAO KCHN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wauchula
- Elevation
- 108 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1983
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,005 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 29 ft high 635 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 5 ft high 205 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Chn and aWOS-2 | 118.35 | |
| Avon Park Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.55 |
Automated weather (AWOS-2), by phone 863-767-0559.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, parachute jumping
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Avon Park Executive (19 nm east), Bartow Executive (26 nm north), Lake Wales Municipal (27 nm northeast), Sebring Regional (29 nm east).
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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport physical address: 1202 maurice sonny clavel road.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 19 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 4,840 |
| general aviation, local | 3,360 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wauchula from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Wauchula, Florida: 6 drones, 4 piston twins, 3 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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:
- Wauchula Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Wauchula
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
23 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 23 for private pilot, 23 for commercial and instrument, 14 for airline transport pilot, 22 for flight instructor, 8 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 21 for airplanes, 16 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 17 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 14 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 5 training center examiners, 4 administrative pilot examiners.
- Richard Musser private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Avon Park, FL (19 nm) · (813) 485-4895 · [email protected]
- Anthony Manuel Gallegos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Bartow Flying Service · Bartow, FL (26 nm) · (863) 303-2839 · [email protected]
- Charles Sheridan Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Lakeland, FL (29 nm) · (863) 660-9206 · [email protected]
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeland, FL (29 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Matthew Eichel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Lakeland, FL (29 nm) · (817) 230-4148 · [email protected]
- Steven Markhoff private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · International Aero Academy · Lakeland, FL (29 nm) · (214) 243-3411 · [email protected]
- Thomas James Cordell private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Lakeland, FL (29 nm) · (813) 716-8828 · [email protected]
- Benjamin Cook Shipps private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Winter Have/Gilbert Field · Winter Haven, FL (34 nm) · (941) 223-3964 · [email protected]
All 82 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-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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 8 since 1982, 0 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 Wauchula 14 aircraft · 6 drones, 4 piston twins, 3 piston singles
- Krause Grove Service INC 5 aircraft in town
- 3192 Golf INC 2 aircraft in town
- Wauchula Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 0 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/CHN.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.