Patrick Space Force Base
COF · KCOF · Cocoa Beach, Florida · Brevard County · map
Patrick Space Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 3 miles south of Cocoa Beach, Florida, 8 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 9,008 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (Jet A with additives).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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 COF · ICAO KCOF
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1300-0500z++ mon-fri; sat-sun closed; holidays closed. air field closed third friday of month.
- Attended
- M to F, 1:00 pm to 0500z+; weekends, closed; holidays, closed
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 9,008 × 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,993 × 200 ft | Asphalt | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 21: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 301 ft
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.175 | Patrick |
| Clearance delivery | 118.4 | Patrick |
| Ground | 124.35 | Patrick |
| Tower | 133.75 | Patrick |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (OCEAN) · Departure procedure (RIVER) | 126.025 | Patrick |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Patrick |
| Pilot-to-weather (military) and metro | 123.25 | Patrick |
| Bitho and star | 128.375 | Patrick |
| Operations Rescue operations | 138.475 | Patrick |
| Comd and post · Pre-taxi clearance Patrick | 139.3 | Patrick |
| Operations King operations | 150.35 | Patrick |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Melbourne Orlando International (8 nm south), Merritt Island Airport (8 nm northwest), Valkaria Airport (17 nm south), Space Coast Regional (20 nm northwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Melbourne Orlando International (8 nm south), Merritt Island Airport (8 nm northwest), Space Coast Regional (20 nm northwest).
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
- Traffic pattern: 1500 feet above sea level rectangular, 2000 feet above sea level ovhd.
- Closed every third Friday of the month.
- DSN-854-2222
- Caution: NON-STD threshold light.
- Both standard and assault landing zone markings.
- Both standard and assault landing zone markings.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degrees left and 9 degrees right of centerline.
- First 1000 feet grooved concrete; mid 7000 feet asphalt.
- Noise abatement information - airfield operations dsn 854-2222/C321-494-2222.
- Jasu; 3(MA-1A); 5(MD-3B).
- Caution: first 240 feet of runway 29 not visibility from tower. Dur VFR weather condition exer caution due to extv local gen avn aircraft ovr melbourne international 7 NM south.
- Fluid: SP presair lhox lox
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cocoa Beach from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Cocoa Beach, Florida: 22 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 balloon. 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, 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:
- Florida Institute of Technology 50 aircraft · Melbourne, 9 miles away
- Melbourne Flight Training LLC 34 aircraft · Melbourne, 9 miles away
- Wings of Grace Ministries INC 8 aircraft · Melbourne, 9 miles away Wings of Grace Ministries is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Melbourne, Florida that uses aviation to mentor teenagers and young adults.
- American Air Academy INC 6 aircraft · Merritt Island, 9 miles away
- High Wing Air Services LLC 4 aircraft · Merritt Island, 9 miles away High Wing Flight Training offers professional flight training from student pilot to airline transport pilot level at Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, Florida.
- Five Generation Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Melbourne, 9 miles away
- Merritt Island Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Merritt Island, 9 miles away Central Florida Flight Club is a flying club based in Merritt Island, Florida that offers flight training, aircraft rental, and instruction services.
- Satellite Beach Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Melbourne, 9 miles away
- Indian River Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Rockledge, 10 miles away
- Eastern Florida State College 3 aircraft · Cocoa, 14 miles away
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cocoa Beach 28 aircraft · 22 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 business jets
- Florida Institute of Technology 50 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Melbourne Flight Training LLC 34 aircraft · flight school
- Wings of Grace Ministries INC 8 aircraft · flight school
- 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/COF.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.