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) and about 36 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 50,590 takeoffs and landings a year. About 20 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Clearwater Executive?
Its FAA code is CLW, and its ICAO code is KCLW.
Where is Clearwater Executive?
It is 3 miles northeast of Clearwater, Florida, 71 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Clearwater Executive?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,108 feet long, asphalt.
Does Clearwater Executive have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Clearwater Executive?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Clearwater Executive?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Tampa Bay Aviation INC and National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Clearwater Executive?
13 pilot examiners and 21 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Clearwater Executive…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: St. Pete-Clearwater International (6 nm southeast), Tampa International (12 nm east), Albert Whitted Airport (15 nm southeast).
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
- 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.
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 | 30 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| 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 50,590, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 30 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,040 |
| general aviation, local | 45,495 |
| military | 25 |
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 Clearwater from the FAA register
145 aircraft are registered to owners in Clearwater, Florida: 91 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, 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 Clearwater, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Fackler Aviation Services LLC Fackler Aviation provides aircraft management and consulting services for corporate aircraft, including aircraft conformity inspections for FAA Part 135 certification, pre-buy inspections, maintenance representation, and director of mainten
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Tampa Bay Aviation INC 7 aircraft · Clearwater Tampa Bay Aviation is a flight school offering airplane and helicopter pilot training from three locations in the Tampa Bay area (Clearwater, St.
- National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC 6 aircraft · Clearwater
- West Tampa Bay Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Tarpon Springs, 12 miles away
- Training Planes LLC 20 aircraft · Tampa, 14 miles away Plane Training LLC is a flight school based in Rapid City, South Dakota, with a satellite location in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Atlas Aviation Tampa INC 11 aircraft · Tampa, 14 miles away Atlas Aviation is a flight school and fixed-base operator (FBO) at Peter O.
- Superior Aviation Gateway LLC 4 aircraft · Tampa, 14 miles away Superior Aviation Gateway is a Part 61 flight training school based in Tampa, Florida.
- Zephyrhills Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Tampa, 14 miles away
- Tampa Bay Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · Tampa, 14 miles away Tampa Bay Flying Club is a flying club based at Manatee Airport in Palmetto, Florida.
Charter operators and airlines based in Clearwater:
- Hera Flight, LLC 22 aircraft on the certificate Hera Flight is a private aviation company based in Clearwater, Florida, offering on-demand charter flights, jet card membership programs, aircraft management services, and aircraft sales and acquisitions.
- FLYUSA, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate FLYUSA is a private aviation company based in Clearwater, Florida that offers charter flights, fractional aircraft ownership, and aircraft management services.
- Air Gato Enterprises, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Clearwater:
- Aerosonic LLC Aerosonic LLC designs and manufactures aviation instrumentation and avionics equipment, including air data systems, standby displays, digital and mechanical instruments, sensors and probes for civil, military and business aircraft.
- Aviation Engineering Consultants INC
- Baker Electronics INC
- Clear Skies Avionics INC
- Fiero Aero, LLC
- Ge Aviation Systems LLC
- Housel LLC
- Pinellas County Sheriffs Office
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
13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 21 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 6 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 47 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 training center examiners, 5 administrative pilot examiners.
- James Andrew Moseley private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Clearwater Executive Airport · Clearwater, FL (0 nm) · (618) 334-2299 · [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 · Clearwater, FL (0 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 · Clearwater, FL (0 nm) · (214) 243-3411 · [email protected]
- Zachary Taylor private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Clearwater Airpark · Clearwater, FL (0 nm) · (727) 798-5554 · [email protected]
- Anthony Manuel Gallegos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Global Pilot Academy · Tampa, FL (12 nm) · (863) 303-2839 · [email protected]
- Jose Singer Riquelme private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Global Pilot Academy · Tampa, FL (12 nm) · (813) 525-1579 · [email protected]
- Richard Musser private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Lutz, FL (21 nm) · (813) 485-4895 · [email protected]
- William Henry Edwards private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Antonio, FL (31 nm) · (352) 760-7273 · [email protected]
All 103 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).
- 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 · 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. 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 Clearwater 145 aircraft · 91 piston singles, 20 business jets, 14 piston twins
- Tampa Bay Aviation INC 7 aircraft in town
- National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC 6 aircraft in town
- Wh Air LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Clear Skies Avionics INC 5 aircraft in town
- Fackler Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Hera Flight, LLC 22 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- FLYUSA, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Air Gato Enterprises, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Tampa Bay Aviation INC 7 aircraft · flight school
- National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC 6 aircraft · flight school
- West Tampa Bay Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aerosonic LLC · repair station
- Aviation Engineering Consultants INC · repair station
- Baker Electronics INC · repair station
- Clear Skies Avionics INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 35 since 1982 · 4 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 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CLW.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 26, 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.