Clearwater Executive
CLW · KCLW · Clearwater, Florida · Pinellas County · map
Clearwater Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Clearwater, 3 miles northeast of Clearwater, Florida, 71 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,108 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCLW · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 4 knots
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter 29.86 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCLW 062155Z AUTO 07004KT 23/22 A2986 RMK AO2 P0029
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CLW · ICAO KCLW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Clearwater
- Elevation
- 71 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,108 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 357 ft, pole 29 ft high 257 ft from the end
- Runway 34: VASI, four boxes on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 846 ft, trees 37 ft high 350 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.3 | |
| Clw and aWOS-3P | 119.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 727-462-6383.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Clearwater from the FAA register
146 aircraft are registered to owners in Clearwater, Florida: 92 piston singles, 20 business jets, 14 piston twins, 9 turboprops, 9 helicopters. 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 · 35 since 1982, 4 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 only
- Full stop landing only. No touch and go.
- Activate VASI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Segmented circle painted on runway.
- Landings and takeoffs permitted 7:00 am to 11:00 pm.
- Runway 16 approach ratio 22:1 to dthr.
- Runway 34 approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Runway 16/34 trees penetrate 7:1 transient surface west side.
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.